The Welipanna Police say that a person was hacked to death with sharp weapons in the Horawala area of the Welipanna Police Domain last night (28).
A 32-year-old man named Mallawa Arachchige Taridu Dhananjaya, who was a resident of Horawala, Welipanna, was killed.
According to the police, investigations conducted so far have confirmed that there was a Kotahalu festival in the area and that the attack took place after a discussion about an old dispute.