Schoolboy shot dead by robbers 

By Norman Palihawadane-March 9, 2014, 12:00 pm

An 18-year-old schoolboy died of  gun shot injuries he received at the hands of a gang of robbers who tried to rob his family shop at Asgiri-Walpola in Udugampola, Gampaha on Saturday night.

The victim was identified as K. Nipun Anuranga Jayathilake, a GCE A/L student of Divulapitiya Gnanodaya Central College.

He was having dinner at his home when he heard his mother who was at their shop adjacent to the house cry out for help around 8.30 pm. Rushing out to the shop, Nipun saw his mother holding her head which was bleeding. She warned him not to go out of the shop but he ran out looking for the attackers who opened fire.

Gampaha Chief Magistrate Tikiri K Jayathilake visited the crime scene yesterday (09) and conducted the magisterial inquiry. Robbers used a small gun taking 12-bore shot gun cartridges, according to police.

The robbers fled the scene in a car. On their way they stabbed a businessman at Pedipola in Gampaha and snatched his told chain. Thereafter they sped away towards the Gampaha town.

Police said that the suspects, their movements and the vehicle had been recorded in a CCTV camera.

Nipun had sustained five pellet injuries to an arm and three to the chest, the police said.

An empty shot gun cartridge was found in front of Nipun’s shop.