19-year-old's body recovered in Mawella sea

The body of a 19-year-old youth who went missing after being swept away into the sea by a wave while fishing on the Mawella beach in Tangalle was found floating in the sea yesterday (11) afternoon.

A 19-year-old youth named Juwana Hannadige Chamidu Dilshan, a resident of Godellawela, Tangalle, have died by drowning.

The youth was fishing using a fishing rod on the Tangalle Mawella beach during the afternoon of July 9 when a sudden strong wave swept him away into the sea, police said.

Following the incident, local residents, the Police Lifesaving Unit, and the Navy launched a joint operation to search for the missing youth but failed to find him. However, a group of local fishermen first spotted the youth's body floating in the Mawella sea area yesterday (11) afternoon.

Tangalle Headquarters Police conduct further investigations regarding this drowning incident.