COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police arrested three people over the Kinniya Ferry Disaster, on Wednesday (24).

The owner of the privately-owned ferry and two ferry operators were arrested by police.

On Tuesday (23), a ferry transporting at least 20 people capsized in the Kinniya Lagoon, where six people including children died.

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