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title: "Six schoolboys arrested over assault on O/L student in Kandy"
url: https://www.lankaxpress.com/six-schoolboys-arrested-over-assault-on-o-l-student-in-kandy/
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date: 2023-06-09
modified: 2023-06-09
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# Six schoolboys arrested over assault on O/L student in Kandy

The Katugastota Police yesterday (08 June) arrested six students from a renowned school in Kandy in connection with the recent assault of a fellow student. 

Accordingly, the group is due to be produced before the Kandy Magistrate’s Court, while further investigations are underway in relation to the assault. 

On 06 June, a student sitting for the ongoing 2022 G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination was admitted to the Kandy National Hospital after being assaulted by a group of students from the same school.