(COLOMBO) – A school boy is alleged to have beaten another schoolboy to death at a tuition class in Sri Lanka’s deep southern town of Hambantota, police said on Thursday.
They said the suspect was aged 17 and the victim aged 15 and the incident had taken place on Wednesday following a simmering disagreement between the two boys.
Both the suspect and the victim studied in separate schools in Hambantota.
According to police the suspect was beaten unconscious and later succumbed to his injuries while under treatment at a regional Government hospital.
