Night club owner in Anuradhapura murdered

25 Oct, 2015

The owner of a night club in Anuradhapura was stabbed to death last night, the police media unit said.

Wasantha Soysa alias ‘Rajarata Iron man’, the holder of several Guinness world records was hacked to death by an unidentified group inside the?night club owned by him in Anuradhapura

Soysa, a famous Karate champion and a highly respected martial arts instructor, is said to have been attacked by about 25 people, inside his nightclub at Kadapanaha, Anuradhapura, close to midnight.

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