Police investigations have confirmed that the school student who was reported dead at the Colombo Lotus Tower yesterday had died by suicide and the death was linked to the previous deaths of two school students at a luxury apartment in Slave Island.
The Police said the deceased, a 16-year-old girl from Colpetty, had jumped off the 29th floor of the Tower and was found on the third floor of the building.
Investigations have found that the girl, a grade 11 student of a prominent international school in Colombo, had visited the Colombo Lotus Tower after school.
The Police said it has also been found that the deceased was a close friend of the two 15-year-old international school students who had died after jumping off a luxury apartment in Slave Island in July this year.
Providing a statement at the Police Station, the deceased’s father had informed that the girl had suffered mentally following the death of her friends.
The Maradana Police is conducting investigations into the death. (Newswire)
