A 4-year-old girl has been raped and strangled to death in Mandaitheevu reported the Jaffna based newspaper Uthayan.
The girl’s body was discovered dumped in a well, in Mandaitheevu 2nd division, reportedly 200m from her home. The initial post-mortem was carried out by Legal Medical officer S.Sivarooban from Jaffna Teaching hospital.
She has been identified as Suthanthini Surenthiran who was reported missing two days ago by her parents.
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