The Operational Unit of the Special Task Force (STF) arrested the main suspect in connection with the Kaduwela Magistrate Court shooting this morning.

He was arrested by the STF from Dompe area in Gampaha District, along with his firearm.

Police said that the suspect has been identified as an army absentee.

A remand prisoner by the name of Batewela Samayan, who was to be produced in court, sustained serious injuries to his chest in a shooting incident at the Kaduwela Magistrate Court on Wednesday.