Four missing after going to bathe near Deniyaya; search efforts intensify

Four people who went to bathe in a stream in the Peverali area near Deniyaya have drowned and are missing, police said.

Four of a group of seven from the Nugegoda area went missing in this way while bathing in the stream at Peverali, it is reported.

Search operations to find the missing are being carried out intensively, police said.

Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.