At least five persons were killed in a shooting near the Beliatta entrance on the Southern Expressway.

It is reported that four people have lost their lives in this shootingat the scene while another died upon admission to the hospital.

The shooting that took place today at around 7.45 am today.

A group of people in a Prado type car targeted a group of people in a Defender jeep.

Police suspect that underworld criminal Kosgoda Sujee's gang carried out the shooting.