Pregnant woman injured in shooting outside Welikada Prison
Posted by Editor on March 5, 2016 - 4:40 pm
A pregnant woman was wounded and rushed to the Colombo National Hospital following a shooting incident near the Welikada Prison in Borella.
The incident had occurred at around 3.50pm today opposite the Welikada Prisons. A woman who had come to visit a prison inmate was injured in the shooting, the police spokesman’s office said.
(Ada Derana)

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