Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 -- Three members of the same family who were aboard a multi-day fishing trawler that left the Tangalle-Kudawella area have been attacked with a sharp weapon and a group of relatives and residents of the area staged a protest at the Kudawella junction demanding that they be brought to the island immediately.

It is reported that this multi-day fishing trawler named 'Dahami Deka' had left for fishing with 6 fishermen on the 23rd.

One fisherman had attacked three other fishermen with sharp weapons and fled in another boat.

The protestors blocked the Kudawella junction on the Tangalle - Matara main road last night demanding that the injured be brought ashore immediately claiming that no action has been taken by the autho...