Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 -- One of the two gunmen involved in the recent shooting and killing of a lawyer and his wife at Akuregoda has been arrested by the police.

The suspect, who is reportedly an army deserter, has been arrested in the Ambalangoda area.

Police sources revealed that the arrested suspect is one of the two gunmen involved in the shooting and is believed to be the individual seen in CCTV footage opening fire using a T-56 assault rifle in the Akuregoda shooting.

Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala informed Parliament yesterday (20) that one of the two shooters involved in the killing of a lawyer and his wife at Akuregoda, as well as the driver who transported them to the lodge where they stayed, had been identified.

Comm...