A high-ranking Police officer said that a comprehensive investigation has been initiated in connection with shooting at two youths who were on their way home on a motorbike after attending a Hajj festival celebration at Kuchchaweli yesterday morning.
The two youths, aged 18 and 22 injured in the shooting are residents of Jaya Nagar, Kuchchaweli. The youths who are fishermen have been admitted to the Trincomalee Hospital with gunshot wounds.
They told the Police that they were travelling on a motorbike from Kuchchaeveli to Erakkandi when they were shot at near the canal that supplies water to the nearby Salt Lake. The two youths said they had not seeing the shooter. Police said both were shot in the legs and it appears that the shots were fired from a shotgun type weapon. But, the investigation has found that the motorbike was not damaged by the bullets.
Therefore, the Police say that an extensive investigation has been launched into the shooting incident.