The Operational Unit of the Special Task Force (STF) arrested the main suspect in connection with the Kaduwela Magistrate Court shooting this morning.

He was arrested by the STF from Dompe area in Gampaha District, along with his firearm.

Police said that the suspect has been identified as an army absentee.

A remand prisoner by the name of Batewela Samayan, who was to be produced in court, sustained serious injuries to his chest in a shooting incident at the Kaduwela Magistrate Court on Wednesday.

The judgement on the drug smuggling case involving Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda was fixed for October 14 by Colombo High Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena.

Wele Suda is accused of having 7 grammes of heroin in possession.

The date was fixed when the case was considered this morning at the Colombo High Court.

One person has been injured in a shooting near the Kaduwela Magistrate's Court a short while ago.

Shots were fired when the inmates were being brought to the courts.

An individual known by the name of 'Batewela Samayan' was injured.

The injured individual was rushed to the Nawagamuwa Hospital by the prison bus. He was later transferred to the Colombo National Hospital.

One person was injured in a shooting near a night club in Mount Lavinia during the early hours of this morning.

This incident happened following a verbal dispute between two groups. Following the dispute, an unknown group which arrived at the car park of the club shot at a group of four youths. One youth was injured in the shooting.

The youth is from Siddhamulla, Piliyandala.

The police is conducting investigations into the incident. No culprits have been found as of early this morning, our reporter said.

Three years after Wassim Thajudeen's death, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa confirmed that the Rugy player's death was a "killing".

Rajapaksa, addressing a press conference at Jaic Hilton Hotel in Colombo this morning, said he would probe the killing of ruggerite Wassim Thajudeen if his party was elected to office at the general election.

"There should be an investigation. I am not disputing that, But this is a serious allegation - a murder. When we go through the reports we can see what has happened.The police should conduct a fair inquiry. In a future  government under our leadership, we too will conduct an investigation," the former president said.

However, he raised suspicions over the timeline of the investigations. He said the new government started investigations into the murder just a few weeks ahead of the election.

Moreover, when contacted by Asian Mirror, a senior officer of the Police Department said fresh investigations into Thajudeen's death started in February.

He said the Criminal Investigations Department carried out inquiries for nearly four months and investigated into every aspect of the case.

Wasim Thajudeen died in 2012 in what was described as an accident. However, the CID recently told the Colombo Fort Magistrate that the death is no accident. Considering a request by the CID, the Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris gave permission recently to exhume Thajudeen's remains. The exhumation is scheduled for tomorrow.

Several political leaders have accused the Rajapaksa family of being involved in the alleged murder of Thajudeen. However, speaking to the BBC Sandeshaya recently, Namal Rajapaksa, elder son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, refuted these allegations. "We were family friends" Rajapaksa said.