Suspects involved in similar incidents
Kotahena Police informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi that the four suspects who were in detention for their alleged involvement in the bomb attack targetting the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Pittala Junction, Dharmapala Mawatha, Kollupitiya on December 1, 2006 were also involved in similar incidents.
Two incidents within minutes of each other had Savannah-Chatham police investigating a shooting and a possible home invasion.