An unidentified gunman has fatally shot a Councilor of Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) this morning in Pettah, police said.
The Municipal Councilor has been identified as 40- year-old Krishna Pillai Kirubanandhan.
Police Headquarters said the unidentified gunman who had come on a motorbike shot the Municipal Councilor when he was in a fruit market in Pettah at around 7:45 this morning. The gunman had fled the scene.
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Pettah police are conducting further investigations.
The CMC councilor had contested from an independent group at the Local Government Elections which was held earlier this year.
