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28 March 2024

Wife accuses husband of attempting to burn kids

Mom critical in hospital. (File)

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A man has been arrested who attempted to stab his wife and tried to burn his two children after consuming alcohol in Sri Lanka, a report said.

The man’s wife told police in a complaint that her husband attempted to burn their two children – aged 8 and 5 – by pouring kerosene on them. But when she tried to stop him, he attempted to stab her with a knife. She, however, fled the house with her two kids and returned the next day after spending the night out, ‘Mawbima’ reported.

But when they returned home, he assaulted them again.

She accused her husband of torturing them daily after consuming alcohol. Sri Lanka’s Payagala police station is investigating the allegations.

The man, a resident of Munhena in Maggona, has been ordered to be remanded till December 23rd by the additional magistrate.

The woman filed a complaint against the husband at the Payagala police station.