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Boy dragged away by crocodile while bathing

12 Apr 2022 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

A 15-year-old boy who was bathing in the Maneruwa Lake in Anuradhapura was dragged away by a crocodile last evening.

Police said three boys have gone to bath in the lake when one of them was dragged away by the predator.

The deceased boy was a grade 11 student at the Maneruwa Maha Vidyalaya. The body of the boy was recovered by the police this morning.