The Police arrested another suspect in connection with the recent triple roadside-homicide in Middeniya, in which the father and his two children were shot dead while riding on a motorcycle.

The arrest was carried out by a team of officers attached to the Tangalle Divisional Crimes Unit in Weeraketiya on Tuesday (25), the Police Media Division said.

In total six suspects, including a Police Constable were arrested so far over the incident.

The shooting happened targeting the adult victim while travelling by motorcycle with his two children near the Kadewatta Junction in Middeniya on the night of 18 February. The father was killed on the spot. His son and daughter, who were critically injured, were rushed to the Embilipitiya and Tangalle Hospitals. Despite receiving medical treatment, the six-year-old daughter succumbed to her injuries shortly after being admitted to the Tangalle Base Hospital, while the nine-year-old son died the following day, the Police reported earlier.