Sri Lanka, Feb. 1 -- Three died on the spot in a shooting that took place on Thursday (30) night at a restaurant at Mahabodhiwatta in Panangala, Hiniduma, Hiniduma Police said.

At the time of the shooting five persons including the owner of the hotel had been consuming liquor and two unidentified persons who arrived on a motor bicycle had shot at them using a T-56 rifle, police said.

Two persons had run away and escaped the death while three were killed in the shooting. The killed persons were 54, 29 and 43 years respectively and they were identified to be residents of Hiniduma, Panangala and Ambalangoda, police investigations reveal.

Police have found 14 used bullets at the scene of the crime. The inquest into the deaths of murdered p...