Minuwangoda triple homicide: main suspect arrested by STF

 

The main suspect in the shooting incident at Minuwangoda in which three members of the same family were killed, has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) at Rambewa, Anuradhapura. 

Three other suspects were arrested in the Galewela area yesterday over the shooting incident in which a father and his two sons were killed. According to the police, a father (51) and his two sons, aged 23 and 24 years, were killed in this shooting. 

The initial investigations have uncovered the motive behind the triple murders to be a dispute that had occurred several years ago in relation to a kite, according to the police. Initially, a father and his son were reported to have been killed over the said kite-related incident back in August 2017. 

It is reported that the police had arrested another father-son duo in connection with the aforementioned murder, and one of the two arrestees was later shot dead in August 2018.