Five missing pilgrims located

13 December 2016 10:07 pm

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) rescue team deployed in a Bell 412 helicopter managed to locate the five persons went missing since last night in Nallathanniya forest.

Five people including two women who entered the Sri Pada forest reserve through the upper division of the Laxapana estate in Nallathanniya had gone missing since this morning.

Four of the pilgrims were residents of Nugegoda while the other was a Laxapana estate worker, Police said.