A 16-year-old girl has been reported dead in Gampola, after being attacked allegedly over a love affair.

According to the Police, the girl had been attacked with a sharp object while at her house last night.

The girl is a resident of the Panvilathenna area in Millagahamula, Gampola. 

Preliminary investigations reveal that the girl was murdered over a dispute related to a love affair.

The suspect has been identified. The Gampola Police are conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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The Police have sought public assistance to find a 21-year-old girl reported missing from the Mawanella area.

According to the Police, the woman has been reported missing since July 2025.

An investigation had been launched into the disappearance following a complaint filed at the Mawanella Police by the girl’s father.

The public with information on the missing girl has been requested to contact the Police via 071- 8591418. (Newswire) 

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The body of a 14-year-old girl suspected to be murdered has been found in a toilet pit under construction in the Akkarawita area in Gampaha. 

The Police said the child’s mother had filed a complaint with the Gampaha Police yesterday claiming that her daughter has been missing since 02 December. 

A probe launched by the Gampaha Police based on the complaint had found the root cause of the disappearance. 

In her complaint, the child’s mother had raised doubts about her second husband. 

Based on the complaint and other information collected during the probe, the man had been arrested on suspicion.

During interrogation, the man confessed to murdering the child and disposing of her body in a toilet pit under construction on the rear side of the house, and closing the pit with a concrete slab.

Police officers have been deployed to the scene of the crime, while the Magisterial Inquiry is to be conducted today. The Gampaha Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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Police are on the lookout for a 22-year-old woman who has been missing for days in Elpitiya, Gampola.

The missing woman has been identified as Fathima Munawwara, a resident of Weligalla, Elpitiya in the Gampola area.

The Police stated she was reported missing on Sunday morning and was last seen looking for a bus close to her house while on her way to work.

Investigations have revealed that she was employed at a pharmacy in the Weligalla area.

The Gampola Police has launched a search operation with the assistance of area residents and monitoring CCTV footage obtained from the Elpitiya Mosque.

The Police said that even though CCTV footage shows the girl walking towards Weligalla Town, there are no traces of her thereafter. (NewsWire)

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