Junior prefect seriously injured in alleged attack by senior prefect

A junior prefect attached to a leading popular school in Kandy was seriously injured and admitted to Peradeniya Hospital and later transferred to Kandy General Hospital following an alleged assault by a group of students led by a senior prefect of the same school around 1 pm on March 6.

The father of the injured student said his son had sustained injuries to the neck and face following the alleged assault and has made a complaint to Kandy Police about the matter. Investigations revealed that the same group of students had attacked another student group in the school but there were no serious injuries caused to them. Police have also obtained a statement from the school’s master in charge of discipline about the incident.

Investigations are continuing.