Three stabbed near Court; one dies

25 August 2014 06:38 am

A 61-year-old man was killed while his son and daughter were injured when a 51-year-old man -- whose daughter was kidnapped and sexually abused by the son -- stabbed them while they were leaving the Hulftsdorp Magistrate’s Court after the deceased’s son was granted bail.

The 25-year-old son of the deceased had befriended the 5-year-old man’s daughter through Facebook and had asked her to meet him at Kotahena.

He is then alleged to have kidnapped and molested her and taken photographs of her nude inside a hotel room.

The girl had complained to the Kotahena police on August 19 and the youth was arrested and produced in Court today.

The three people rushed to the Colombo National Hospital but 61-year-old P. Jyaseelan had died soon after admission.

The Cinnamon Gardens police arrested Muttaih Selvaraja soon after the incident. (Supun Dias)