Mother commits suicide in disagreement with son

October 11, 2018 05:25 pm

A 47-year-old woman has committed suicide by jumping off the Gin Oya Bridge in Dummaladeniya, Wennappuwa this evening (11).

The deceased, named Therese Priyanka, is reportedly a resident in Dummaladeniya North.

It has been revealed that the deceased had had a disagreement with her son and that he had been suffering from a mental illness, stated the Police.

A group of people who had seen the woman had taken her to the Lunuwila Hospital in a three-wheeler. However, she had dead upon admittance, stated a hospital spokesman.

The body is kept at the Lunuwila Hospital and Wennappuwa police will be conducting the postmortem.

Further investigations will be conducted by the Wennappuwa Police.

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