Two persons were killed when unidentified gunmen shot at them at the Hikkaduwa Divisional Secretariat building at around 4. 15 P.M. today. 

The two assailants have arrived on motorcycled and fled after shooting two men attached to the Hikkaduwa Divisional Secretariat Press.

The two men who were injured were rushed to the Karapitiya Hospital but succumbed to their injuries, Hospital sources said.

Police have embarked on the investigative process to find the assailants and bring them to book.