Sri Lanka, May 4 -- Police have identified a man shot in front of a restaurant in the Tambahitiya area of the Meetiyagoda police division last night (3) as a suspect in a double murder case from 2015.

Investigations revealed that the double murder stemmed from a personal dispute.

The shooting occurred at a restaurant located on the Meetiyagoda-Manampita Road in Eranawila, targeting a group of individuals consuming alcohol.

An unidentified group arrived on two motorcycles, opened fire with a T-56 firearm, and then fled the scene. Two individuals injured in the shooting, Sarath Chaminda Udayakumara and Mahadura Nalin Wasantha, both residents of Eranawila, were admitted to the Balapitiya Base Hospital.

However, Sarath Chaminda Udayakumar...