Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of the two youths whose dead bodies were found in Rambukkana, Hurimaluwa area.
The Police Media Division stated that the relevant suspects were arrested yesterday (15) in the Mawanella and Welioya areas during the investigation into the incident.
The bodies of the two youths who had been reported missing in Mawanella area were found buried behind a house in Rambukkana, Hurimaluwa area on the 12th.
The body of one of the two youths who had been reported missing in the Mawanella area was found first.
That was when he was buried behind a house in the Hurimaluwa area of Rambukkana.
The Mawanella Police had received a complaint that two youths residing in Mawanella, Kiringadeniya and Keraminiyawatta areas had gone missing on November 19 and 25.
Two youths, 26-year-old Mohammad Iqbal Mohammad Azhar and 28-year-old Mohammad Anwar Mohammad Arshad, were missing.