Britisher injured in scuffle with local man

20 September 2015 02:37 pm

A British national who got into a heated argument with a local was stabbed and had to be hospitalised. The Britisher, was thought to have been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident which occurred in a restaurant in Weligama.

The British national had been drinking with his partner, a British woman, when the argument took place. The injured foreigner, whose condition was not thought to be serious, was receiving treatment at the Matara Hospital.

The Weligama police was conducting investigations and hoped to be able to identify the local with the help of CCTV footage gathered from a camera closeby.