Sri Lanka, April 13 -- Officers from the Mattakkuliya Police had fired at a suspicious motor vehicle in the Bloemendhal Road area of Kotahena.

The incident unfolded after a man, who had come to a restaurant on Kotahena Street with his pregnant wife and mother to buy food last night, left them in his car with the engine running.

At that point, an individual had carjacked the vehicle with the wife and mother still inside.

Officers from the Mattakkuliya Police, who were in the area on an investigation, received information about the carjacking and had immediately pursued the vehicle.

They had fired two shots at the vehicle from their service firearms.

The suspect had then abandoned the vehicle in the Bloemendhal area and fled.

The two ...