Colombo Shooting: It was reported that four of the injured have minor injuries. (Representative)
Colombo:
Eight people, including three women, were injured when a security guard shot near Gate 06 of Colombo Harbour, the Daily Mirror quoted police as saying.
All the eight injured were admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.
Giving information about the incident, the police said that the shooting was done by a security guard at a road construction site on the expressway.
Police said a tense situation had arisen when a group of people tried to stop two men who had come to steal iron from a related road development site on Bloemendhal Street, the Daily Mirror reported.
According to the latest development in the investigation, a security guard at the site opened fire on the crowd when they tried to wrestle a firearm from another security guard.
It is being told that four of the injured have minor injuries.
According to the Daily Mirror, Foreshore Police are investigating.
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