A 17-year-old youth has been stabbed to death in Grandpass yesterday allegedly following a dispute over a TikTok video, police said.
Police said the victim, a resident of Wellampitiya, had been on his way towards the Randiya Uyana Housing Complex with two others when they were followed by another group of persons known to the victim. The group had then allegedly stabbed the victim with a knife due to a dispute that had arisen between them over a TikTok video.
The victim succumbed to his injuries while being treated at the Colombo National Hospital.
The assailants had thereafter fled the area. Grandpass Police are conducting investigations to arrest them.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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