[lkdood]

The police are hunting for a man who is alleged to have raped a Swiss woman inside a room at a hotel in Habaraduwa in the Galle District earlier today, officials said.

Police said that the suspect was known and it was a matter of time that he would be apprehended.

Habaraduwa police are conducting further investigations.

The incident is the second such incident involving a foreign woman.

Yesterday in Mihinatale two local guides were taken into custody after they allegedly attempted to rape a married woman from New Zealand.

The woman was saved with the timely intervention of her husband who was descending the Mihintale Rock at that time.

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[jamiezue]