A 14-year-old boy has died after being electrocuted while cutting a tree in the Hurigaswewa area last morning.
The child had been cutting a branch of a jackfruit tree in a land close to his house when the branch had fallen onto a high-voltage cable.
According to the Police, the child who had been electrocuted had fallen off the tree, resulting in his death.
A 62-year-old woman living in a house nearby, who had used the child to cut the tree, has been arrested over the death.
The Hurigaswewa Police is conducting investigations into the incident. (Islandnews)
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