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VIDEO:Estate Superintendent hacked to death in Deraniyagala
July 5, 2013 04:00 pm
Nuriyawatta estate
superintendent has been assaulted and hacked to death in Deraniyagala, police
stated. The murder had taken place this morning (July 5) at around 9.30am.
The superintendent
Nihal Perera was attacked by a group which arrived in an SUV while traveling on
the road.
He was rushed to the
Deraniyagala hospital with serious injuries which he later succumbed to,
hospital sources claimed.
Two others who were
injured in the incident were taken to the Karawanella hospital, police
reported.
Police also claimed
that the victim had been threatened by a group involved in a timber racket
while the suspects had fled the area following the attack.
