Pre-school teacher hacked to death in Peradeniya

The Peradeniya Police launched investigations after a preschool teacher was hacked to death this morning, while she was on her way to the school at Kobbekaduwa, in Peradeniya.

Police said the 119 emergency hotline received information that a woman was admitted to the Ilukthenna Hospital after she was attacked with a sharp weapon on the Kobbekaduwa-Ginihena Road.

The victim was identified as a 25-year-old resident of Muruthalawa.

Police said there are yet to identify suspects in the murder. (Shane Senavirathne)