A group of people who were travelling in a car were shot at in the Udayanagar area of Kilinochchi Police Division in the early hours of today (28).

Police said that two persons who arrived on a motorcycle had fired shots and fled.

A 38-year-old man who was the driver of the car was injured and admitted to the Kilinochchi Hospital.

Police investigations revealed that the injured person and two others had gone to Kanagapuram by car and had been involved in a dispute with the suspects. Accordingly, the suspects arrived on the motorcycle and shot at them over the dispute.

The Kilinochchi Police is conducting further investigations to arrest the suspects.