The police say that a person has been killed with a sharp weapon in Moraketiya Ulegoda area of Tangalle police domain.
The police also say that the deceased is 30-year-old Dasun Lanka Prasad of Thenabadu.
Police sources have stated that the information was received that he had been assaulted at around 11.30 last night and the injured person had died when he was taken to the hospital.