Two incidents of murder have been reported from different parts of the country in the last 24 hours.
Last night (15), a 38-year-old man was pronounced dead upon admission to the Medirigiriya hospital.
The Police report that the victim is a resident of Parakumpura area in Medirigiriya. The deceased has reportedly got critically injured in an attack while he was trying to reconcile a personal dispute between two groups.
A woman has been arrested in suspicion regarding the incident and has been produced to courts today.
Meanwhile another murder has been reported from Koswadiya area in Marawila today (16)
A 25-year-old man was killed when a dispute between two people went too far.
Marawila police are conducting further investigations. (NewsWire)