Two suspects arrested over journalist abduction

Two suspects arrested over journalist Keith Noyahr’s abduction

by Staff Writer 02-03-2025 | 11:28 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) stated that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the abduction and brutal beating of senior journalist Keith Noyahr in 2008.

The suspects are residents of Nawagaththegama and Mahabulankulama.

Keith Noyahr, a senior journalist with The Nation newspaper, was abducted in Dehiwala in a van and assaulted on the 22 of May, 2008 before being released.