A forty year old person  who was involved in a fight in Aladuwa, in the Mathugama area on Friday, June 12 had passed away.

According to the police, a seventeen-year-old youth who was involved in the fight had allegedly hit the forty-year-old.

The victim who suffered injuries was initially hospitalised at the Kalutara, Nagoda Hospital. He had thereafter passed away.

Police added that the 17-year-old suspect was arrested.

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