Most Killed in Railway Station Blast were School Children

The death toll of the suicide attack by the LTTE female cadre at Colombo Fort railway station rose to 14 yesterday(4). Among them were seven students of D.S.Senanayake College, Colombo. They were members of the College Baseball team. The coach of the team was also killed in the blast. The team had been returning home after a match, police said. According to witnesses, the coach had taken the team to the cafeteria for refreshments.

Malinda Arumadura of Gandara was the coach. The students killed were: Kolitha Kumara Wasalamudalige of Hokandara, Rajaratnam Radheeshwaran of Dematagoda, Vimukthi Sajan Thevarapperuma of Kalutara North, Supun Halalla of Angoda, Dinuk Priyashanka of Homgama, Tivanka Tissera of Dehiwala, and Eranga Chaturanga of Colombo 7.

Two school girs were also killed by the blast. One of them was a student of an international school.

Primary Magisterial inquiries into the deaths of the 14 were held yesterday (04). Subsequently, post mortems were conducted by Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer and the bodies handed over to relatives.

Ninety two injured have been admitted the National Hospital.

Extracted from,
http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=10511
Photos,
http://www.divaina.com/2008/02/06/news24.html
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