SAITM CEO escapes unhurt in shooting

SAITM Chief Executive Officer Dr. Sameera Senarathne escaped unhurt this evening after two men travelling on a motor bike wearing full-face helmets opened fire at the car, driven by him near the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) campus in Malabe, police said.

They said the shooting had taken place when the CEO was leaving the SAITM campus and had gone about 850 metres towards Chandrika Kumaranatunga Mawatha. It was reported that the CEO escaped unhurt after the incident. The assailants who had been in front of the vehicle had damaged the windscreen by their gunfire. They have not been traced yet. The Mulleriyawa police are conducting further investigations.