VIDEO: Four bodies recovered after boat capsizes in Tissa Wewa

VIDEO: Four bodies recovered after boat capsizes in Tissa Wewa

December 22, 2012   06:08 pm

Police said that six persons had gone missing after a boat capsized in the Tissa Wewa today and that four of them had perished. The bodied of the four youth have been discovered, police said.

The incident had occurred at around 3.40pm today (22) when a boat with 22 passengers had capsized in the Tissa Wewa. They are said to be employees of a private company in Homagama.

The group of youths were returning from Kataragama when they had engaged in the boat trip in the Tissa Wewa.


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