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.

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SLAF fighter jets attack LTTE gathering point - Kilinochchi

SLAF fighter jets raided an LTTE gathering point this morning (February 6) at 8.30 in Thiruwe Aru, 1km Northwest of Iranamdu Tank.

According to Air Force sources, pilots launched precision attacks at the target. The aerial sorties were taken as information were received of a high profile LTTE gathering at the location, which was under constant surveillance of the security forces.

LTTE are yet to reveal losses, the sources said.

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ICES boss Dr. Rama Mani to be deported

Sri Lanka's Immigration and Emigration Authorities have withdrawn the residential visa issued to Dr. Rama Mani, Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Colombo and ordered her to leave Sri Lanka before Thursday Feb.7.

This follows her unwarranted interference in Sri Lanka's national security matters as revealed in a CID report forwarded to the Government.

An attempt made by a former government official, who closely associated with the LTTE, to prevent Dr. Mani – an Indian National now a French citizen – from being ordered to leave the country has failed.

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Thirty LTTE bunkers destroyed,12 terrorists killed

Thirty LTTE bunkers were completely destroyed this morning (06). When Army troops launched an attack between 5.50 a.m. and 6.30 a.m.

Four LTTE bunkers in NAGARKOVIL ten in the North of A - 9 route, and 16 in KILALI were destroyed.

Troops used T 55 tanks in the NAGARKOVIL attack. Twelve terrorists were killed and a large number were injured in the encounter. Five soldiers were injured.

During Search operations, troops recovered a MPMG weapon, T 56 Weapon, 5 Magazines and some military equipments.

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http://www.nationalsecurity.lk/fullnews.php?id=10518

LTTE rocks Congress-DMK boat again

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas are once again at the heart of a row between Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party and the Congress.

Chief Minister and DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi has expressed his disgust over the stand of the Congress, some of whose leaders have accused him of going soft on those in Tamil Nadu allegedly sympathetic to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) .

In an unusual outburst, Karunanidhi Sunday described as 'untrue' allegations that his government was allowing the LTTE to have a free run in Tamil Nadu. He asserted that 92 people linked to the LTTE had been arrested in the past 20 months that the DMK has ruled the state that is separated from Sri Lanka by a strip of sea.

Alleging he 'suspected a conspiracy' to destabilise his regime, he reacted angrily: 'Our self-respect is dearer than the crown of thorns that denotes power. We are ready to lose power if (our self-respect) is under threat.'

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Respect umpiring decisions: Sangakkara

Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara said umpiring decisions in cricket should be respected.

He was responding to a question on his appeal for a caught behind decision against Rohit Sharma which was upheld by Umpire Rudi Koerzten. But the replays indicated the Indian batsman had not got a touch to the ball at the ’Gabba on Tuesday.

Sangakkara said: “We have some of the best umpires in the business and we should accept their decisions graciously. The beauty of the game lies in the human element.”

The Lankan said umpiring decisions could go either way. He was referring to his own dismissal in the Hobart Test against Australia this season. Umpire Koertzen had wrongly ruled Sangakkara out when he was leading Sri Lanka’s heroic pursuit in the last innings. His dismissal had ended Lanka’s hopes.

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Their silence on tiger atrocities disrobes human rights mongers! – Wimal Weerawansa

The silence of those who clamour for human rights regarding atrocities committed by tiger terrorists vividly display their partiality to tiger terrorism says Information Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa.

Making a special statement in the Parliament yesterday regarding the attacks carried out by tiger terrorists targeting innocent civilians during the past few days Mr. Weerawansa said, “Though we have questions to ask from human rights mongers who keep mum regarding atrocities carried out by tiger terrorists against innocent civilians, we’ll keep them for a latter time.

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