Five people, including three with foreign passports, were found hacked to death on Delft Island yesterday. Two males and three females who lived in a house near the Delft jetty were murdered by stabbing with a sharp weapon in their house, between the night of April 21 and yesterday morning. Another female who was seriously [...]

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Five people found dead on Delft Island, another seriously injured

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Five people, including three with foreign passports, were found hacked to death on Delft Island yesterday.

Two males and three females who lived in a house near the Delft jetty were murdered by stabbing with a sharp weapon in their house, between the night of April 21 and yesterday morning.

Another female who was seriously injured has been admitted to the Jaffna Hospital.

The deceased have been identified as elderly members belonging to the same family. Three of the dead had been in possession of foreign passports and had returned to the country on holiday.

The foreign passport holders were on a visit to the house where the incident took place.

No information on the suspects or the reason for the murder have been revealed as of yet. The Delft Police are conducting further investigations.

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