(COLOMBO) – A Sri Lankan man allegedly murdered his wife and caused serious injuries to his teenage son before taking his own life at their home in Nivithigala – Ratnapura, police said on Friday.
Ratnapura is situated some 99 kilometres from the commercial capital of Colombo and borders the country’s central province.
Police said that the suspect’s 38-year-old wife and son were both critically injured in the attack and was rushed by neighbours to a regional Government hospital.
The woman however succumbed while under treatment while her son remains in a critical condition, according to police.
Later, during a search of their house police found the limp body of the suspect dangling from a rope after he had decided to take his own life.
Initial investigations have revealed that there had been a festering family dispute between the family that also includes an eight-year-old girl that survived the attack.
