(UTV | COLOMBO) – A 16-year-old girl has died and four others, including three children have been admitted to hospital in Uppuveli after a woman gave poison to her children and attempted to commit suicide.
Police spokesman, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that a neighbour had admitted a 33-year-old woman and four children to hospital after he visited the house and found them in critical condition.
DIG Ajith Rohana said that investigations revealed that the 33-year-old woman had mixed poison in some food and gave it to her children.
She had also taken the poison in an attempt to commit suicide following a dispute with her husband.