Thirty Five Persons Had Been Injured Due To A Wasp Attack In Agarapathana Area

Thirty five persons including children

playing in a ground and residents near by had been injured and hospitalized due to a wasp attack near a public grounds in Agarapathana area ,Nuwara Eliya last evening (14).

The injured had been admitted to the Agarapathana State Hospital for treetment and twenty five of them had left the hospital after receiving OPD Treatment .Another 10 were admitted to wards for further treatment .

The wasps had been provoked  affer their nest being attacked by a Hawk   it has been  reported.

Wasps had attacked the residents of the area and the children playing in the public ground .The wasps had been dispersed by fogging.

CID Have Arrested Two Persons Over Addresing A Press Briefing On White Abductions

Criminal Investigations Department

(CID) officials have last night(13)arrested two persons at a cafe in Mahara area over  participating a press briefing regarding White Van abductions conducted
 by the former Health Minister  Dr.Rajitha Senaratne on 11 th of November in Colombo.

CID Officers have arrested Anthoney Dougles Fernando and Athula Sanjaya Madanayake who had been named as a White Van driver and a victim abducted by a White Van it has been reported.

CID had recently informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate that an investigation is currently underway regarding the media briefing held in Colombo regarding white Van abductions before 2015 .

The suspects are due to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate to obtain a detention order to.question them further over the media briefing

A Wild Elephant Was Killed After Colliding With A Train

A wild elephant had been killed after

colliding with a train travling from Colombo to Mannar this morning (13)at a railway crossing in Pediafarm area at Settikulam ,Vavunya .

The Elephant was around 20 years old it has been revealed .

Vavubiya Wildlife office is conducting an investigations on the incident .

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Police Have Recovered A Stock Of Explosives In Norton Bridge Area

Police have recovered a stock of

explosives in a room of a rented house at Norton Bridge today (13).

Among the stock of explosives that were recovered in the rented house are 70 Grammes of Gun powder,02.100 Kilo grammes of Ammonia powder and 21 Deternators .

The house had given to a group of workers involved in reconstruction work of the Maskeliya main road and the owner of the house had seen the stock of explosives during cleaning the house .

Later the house owner had informed it to the police .

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