A young woman who sustained burn injuries over an attack in a spa in Habarana on Thursday succumbed to her injuries on the following day at the Dambulla Hospital, police said.
The perpetrators had entered the spa on Thursday evening and attacked the employees while targeting the owner, who was admitted to the Dambulla Hospital, where she died the following day.
The victim was identified as a 28 year old person residing at Matale road in Maduragoda area.
The incident was revealed to be over a dispute in regard to a group that had arrived to obtain service from the spa. The body of the victim is currently placed at the mortuary of the Dambulla Hospital.
One suspect was remanded until July 7 over the incident after being produced before the Kekirawa Magistrate Court on Friday. Police are carrying out further investigation to arrest the other suspect.
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.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
Three persons arrested on Saturday close to the Thalawila St Anne’s Church have been held under detention orders for questioning.
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