The three of the same family who were killed in the estuary.

The 35-year-old father, 7-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son, who were residents of Negombo area, had gone on a picnic where they had gone by boat to the mouth of the Halawata estuary. It is reported that the three of them drowned when they got off the boat and went to bathe at that place. The police said that the bodies of the three were found.