A man mistakenly shot and killed a 16 year old boy in the Gurudeniya area off Kandy after his neighbours alerted him that a thief had entered the area, Police said.
The boy was a student of Dharmaraja College, Kandy.
Police said that the man was apparently under the influence of liquor and when the neighbours had alerted him about a thief entering the area he had opened fire ino the area he suspected where the thief had entered.
He was in possession of a shot gun for which he had a licence.
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The boy was a student of Dharmaraja College, Kandy.
Police said that the man was apparently under the influence of liquor and when the neighbours had alerted him about a thief entering the area he had opened fire ino the area he suspected where the thief had entered.
He was in possession of a shot gun for which he had a licence.
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