A Kuwaiti national was injured after a Sri Lankan national attacked him in the Bibile area following a family dispute, Police said.
The local had entered into an argument with his own wife as the woman working in Kuwait had brought the owner of the house where she is employed, for a visit to Sri Lanka.
The 80 year old Kuwaiti national along with his driver who is a Sri Lankan were injured in the attack and have been admitted to the Bible hospital.
The man, following the argument had also set fire to the house and in the incident his father had sustained burn injuries. He succumbed to his injuries.
A Magisterial inquiry is underway into the death.
Police have sought the services of a translator to record a statement of the Kuwaiti national.
By Sumanasiri Gunatillake
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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