Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Teen arrested over stabbing

A 17-year-old youth has been arrested over the murder of another teenager in the Hamburugala area in Uragaha.


Police said the victim, an 18-year-old resident of Hamburugala, had been stabbed to death with a sharp object by the suspect.

Preliminary inquiries have revealed that the stabbing was carried out over a longstanding dispute between the two teenagers.

The suspect is to be produced at the Elpitiya Magistrate’s Court today (9).