(COLOMBO) – A suspected burglar met a violent death after he was beaten up by neighbours following a botched house breaking at Minuwangoda on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, police said on Wednesday.
The suspect burglar along with two other accomplices had attempted to break into house where the occupants were not at home.
An alert neighbour had raised the alarm drawing into the area a mob that violently took on the suspected burglars.
While one man was killed the other two had fled the scene.
Initial police investigations have revealed that the dead person was known to the authorities and belonged to a notorious crime gang in area.
The suspected burglar died at the scene, according to police while a hunt has been launched to nab the other two that escaped.
