At least 16 buffaloes have been killed after being struck by a train in Vavuniya.
According to reports, the buffaloes had been struck by the train in the Omanthai area in Vavuniya this morning.
The incident had involved a passenger train that was bound for Colombo from Jaffna. (NewsWire)
The Colombo (from Jaffna) bound passenger train hit and killed at least 16 buffaloes at Omanthai area in Vavuniya
වවුනියාව ඕමන්ත ප්රදේශයේදී යාපනය සිට කොළඹ බලා ධාවනයවූ සීග්රගාමී දුම්රියේ ගැටී අද (22) උදෑසන මී ගවයින් 16 දෙනකු මරණයට පත්වේ. #SriLanka #lka #animals #buffaloes #train pic.twitter.com/IbF8QoCgWi— Sunil Jayasiri (@sjayasiri) April 22, 2021