Three workers killed as retaining wall collapses in Mawanella
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on September 29, 2025 - 11:51 am
Sri Lanka Police confirmed that the bodies of three workers have been recovered after a retaining wall collapsed at a site in Manikkawa, Mawanella.
The collapse buried three of the four workers at the site, while one managed to escape without injury.
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