A prison inmate receiving treatment at Nagoda Teaching Hospital sustained injuries in a shooting incident early this morning (31).
Police confirmed that the injured individual is a detainee from Kalutara Prison.
According to the hospital director, the shooting occurred at around 6.00 a.m. while the inmate was in the surgical ward, and he sustained injuries to the abdominal area.
The hospital director informed Ada Derana that the inmate has since been taken into surgery.
Authorities have launched an investigation to apprehend the gunman responsible for the attack.
