COLOMBO (News 1st): A 21-year-old has drowned in the Nuwara Wewa, Anuradhapura. The police noted that the boy had drowned this morning (May 19) when releasing fish to the wewa.

The body currently lies at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital.

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