Two children have died in separate accidents reported in the Nawalapitiya and Vakarai areas within the last 24 hours ending at 8.00 am today, it was reported.
According to Lankadeepa, a 09-year-old child died after getting strangled in a baby cradle made using a saree in a house in the Montecristo Watte area in Nawalapitiya.
The Police stated that the cradle had been put up for another infant in the house and had been used as a swing by the older child during which she had accidentally gotten strangled.
Meanwhile, a 14-year-old child died after a locally made weapon had accidentally fired in the Kattamuri forest area in Vakarai, Batticaloa.
Police investigations have revealed that the incident had occurred when the child had accompanied his relatives for hunting.
Three persons aged 24, 28, and 32 years have been arrested over the incident. (NewsWire)