Bodies of two infants found in sea

Bodies of two infants found in sea
Suranjith PERERA
The bodies of two female infants were found by fishermen in the sea off Ratmalana yesterday.The discovery was made about 150 metres from the 57th Garden Block settlement near Bellangala in Ratmalana.
The first body was detected around 8.30 a.m. and the other around 5.30 p.m.
Fishermen reported the discovery to Mount Lavinia Police. Police said it was certain that the infants were thrown into the sea as soon as they were given birth since the umbilical cords of both infants were crudely mutilated.
The bodies are lying at the Kalubowila Hospital Mortuary

Three killed, 80 injured in Sri Lanka road
2007-12-21 19:22:23 Print COLOMBO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua)

At least three people were killed and 80 others injured in road accidents in different parts of Sri Lanka during the last 24 hours, police said Friday.
Two people were killed when a privately owned passenger vehicle went down to a 20-meter precipice at Takawakelle-Nawalapitiya road in the central hill district of Kandy at around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday (1345 GMT).
Forty passengers were injured in the incident and they have been rushed to hospitals in Nawalapitiya, about 114 km northeast of Colombo.
Failure in breaks was identified as the reason for the bus to veer off the road, the police said.
In the early hours of Friday, one people was killed in a road accident at Tangalle in the deep south, police added.
Also in the Southern Province a bus plying from Galle to Mataracrashed into another vehicle, injuring 12 passengers on Friday.
In addition, at least 28 people were injured when a passenger van carrying garment industry workers clashed with a lorry at Kahawatta, about 125 km southeast of Colombo also on Friday morning.
Sri Lanka, with a population of about 20 million, has an average of 2,000 fatal accidents every year mainly because of negligence, poor quality roads and overcrowded public buses. Editor: Song Shutao