A 52-year-old man was hacked to death with a sharp
weapon in Borupana, Rathmalana early this morning (16).
According to the police report, two assailants had killed the man while he was sleeping inside his bedroom.
Mount Lavinia police have launched an investigation to hunt down the perpetrators who are yet to be identified. The motive behind the murder was not immediately clear.
The post-mortem is slated to be performed following the completion of the magistrate’s inquest into the death.