Suspect arrested over 10-year-old boy’s murder

A 50-year-old man was arrested by the police today in connection with the killing of a 10-year-old boy in Athurugiriya on Friday. Police said the suspect is a resident of Kothalawala in Kaduwela and had been working in a quarry at the time of the arrest. The 10-year-old schoolboy was reportedly hacked to death and his body was recovered from an abandoned house in the area. Police said the victim was a grade-five student at Panagoda Sri Parakrama Vidyalaya and the body was found in the abandoned house, which had been occupied by a quarry worker from another area.