Four injured in clash at a lawyers party

Four persons were reportedly injured during a clash which broke out in a party which was attended by a group of lawyers at a tourist hotel in Kandy early this morning.

According to the police, an argument between two relatives of a lawyer who joined the party and hotel workers escalated into a confrontation.

Two hotel employees were also among the injured and were admitted to the Kandy Hospital for treatment, police said.

Two of the injured were in critical condition.

The hotel equipment was also severely damaged in the clash.(J.A.L. Jayasinghe)