Friday, May 2, 2008

Six major attacks attributed to Piliyandala bomber

Police investigating the recent Piliyandala bomb blast, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians and wounded over 60, believe that Wasanthan, arrested in connection with the blast, had been involved in six major attacks, including the assassination of Deputy Army Chief of Staff Major General Parami Kulatunga.

According to investigators, the suspect had also been involved in the Mount Lavinia bus attack, a claymore mine blast directed at an army truck at Belekkade junction, Ratmalana, The blast at a clothing store at Nugegoda and the attempt to assassinate EPDP leader Douglas Devananda.

Police believe the suspect had been responsible for the devastating claymore mine attack on an SLTB bus at Kebitigollewa. Under interrogation, the suspect and two others, including a Sinhalese in custody for his involvement with the LTTE, had said they had plans to trigger explosions on eight more buses in the Western Province.

Extracted from,
http://www.island.lk/2008/05/02/news18.html

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