According to authorities, a known gang leader was shot and killed inside a Sri Lankan courthouse by a shooter posing as a lawyer.
According to police, the shooter used a pistol that a female suspect—who is still at large—smuggled in a hollowed-out book.
When he was shot, gang boss Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne was being led to court to appear in person. He was a suspect in several murder cases, according to the police.
The shooting in the nation’s capital, Colombo, is one of several murders committed by rival gangs that have continued despite government promises to combat gang violence in the nation.
