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Police confirmed that the incident occurred yesterday (24).Investigators identified the victim as a resident of Viharagama, Divulankadawala. According to initial police findings, the victim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,1],"tags":[115,265,288,72,73,286,190,287],"tmauthors":[71],"class_list":{"0":"post-2858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-news","9":"tag-breaking-news-sri-lanka","10":"tag-crime-news-sri-lanka","11":"tag-murder-investigation","12":"tag-newshouse","13":"tag-newshouse-lk","14":"tag-peliyagoda-murder","15":"tag-police-investigation","16":"tag-sharp-weapon-attack"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>51-Year-Old Man Killed in Sharp Weapon Attack in Peliyagoda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 51-year-old man died after a sharp weapon attack in Peliyagoda\u2019s Dutugemunu Mawatha area. 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