Two persons have been murdered in Katugastota and Walasmulla.  The Police Media Unit said that  one individual was murdered in the Uguraspitiya area in Katugastota.

 This individual is said to be a forty-year-old resident of the Keuldheniya.Our correspondent stated that a person working under the murdered individual has been taken into custody in suspicion by the Katugastota Police and that the weapon used for the murder has also been seized by the police.

 Meanwhile, another individual was murdered with the use of a sharp weapon near the Wallasmulla grounds in Modara.  The victim was identified as a twenty-six-year old resident of Elpitiya.

The suspect connected to the murder is yet to be identified.

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