The Kekirawa Police say that a female was stabbed to death with a metal spike used to peel coconuts while she was sleeping in the room of the house.
A 35-year-old woman named S. A. Fatihma Riska, who lived in a house in Kekirawa, Sekkupitiya was killed.
She resides in this house with her husband and children. Last night she was sleeping in a separate room of the house and her husband and children were sleeping in another room next to it.
Her husband told the police that someone had entered the house at night and stabbed his wife.
The Kekirawa Police stated that they have started an extensive investigation into the murder.
