Sri Lanka, March 6 -- A father has assaulted his 23-year-old university student son with a stick on his head before consuming poison in the Pahala Massanna area, in Balangoda Police Division.

The incident occurred on Tuesday night (March 4). Both the father and son have been admitted to the Balangoda Base Hospital in critical condition. Due to the severity of his injuries, the son was later transferred to Ratnapura Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

According to police, the father attacked his son while he was studying on a computer in the living room. Reports also revealed that the father and mother frequently quarreled, and on the day of the incident, the father had attempted to attack the mother with a knife but failed.

The Ba...