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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12170984" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/tmtno.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/New_Zealand_Police_logo.svg/150px-New_Zealand_Police_logo.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Police investigating  the homicide of a Sri Lankan man in a north Canterbury town say he died  before a house was deliberately set on fire.The body of Sameera  Chandrasena, 28, was found in the house on Domain Rd, Oxford, on  Thursday after neighbours reported the fire about 4am.A post  mortem revealed he died of injuries consistent with an assault either  late on Wednesday or early on Thursday, Detective Inspector Virginia Le  Bas told NZ Newswire.Two Sri Lankan men have been arrested on charges unrelated to the death.One  man has been charged with assault and has been remanded in custody  until March 5 and the other man is being detained on immigration  matters.Mr Chandrasena knew the men through the Sri Lankan community, Det Insp Le Bas said.Police expect to lay further charges relating to the death and arson.Det  Insp Le Bas did not want to say if the arrested men had been involved  in Mr Chandrasena's death or if anyone else might be charged, because  the investigation was in the early stages."At this stage I think  that we've got a number of inquiries to complete and we need to just  consider everything before us before we determine anything and any  further charges."The "difficult" scene examination would take several days, because the property had been badly damaged by the fire, she said.Police  were searching nearby properties for discarded clothing and still  needed to speak to a number of Mr Chandrasena's associates and friends.Det Insp Le Bas believes he was a New Zealand resident.He  had a brother, who was his only next of kin in New Zealand, and she  said she understood his body would be returned to his family in Sri  Lanka.It would not be released until after it had been formally identified and cleared by the coroner, she said.AAP</blockquote>

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