People Catch the Terrorist in Kandy Blast When Running

THE TIGER TERRORIST who had planted the explosive device in the KANDY bound bus a couple minutes ago was apprehended by the Police with the help of the people in POLGOLLA area when he was trying to flee the area upon the explosion.

The suspect who was carrying a bottle of poison and a wire role was surrounded by the public and handed over to the Police. The rear part of the bus was badly damaged in the explosion.

The private bus with twenty passengers inside was negotiating a bend near POLGOLLA Teachers' Training College when the explosive device exploded giving a thundering sound.

Investigations so far conducted have not still identified the explosive device, used for the explosion by the arrestee. Interrogations are on in order to find it out.

This inhuman attack occurred just nine hours after Tiger terrorists blasted a passenger bus in KATUBEDDA, MORATUWA killing twenty-one innocent passengers and injuring over forty others.

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Explosion in Pollgolla: 2 dead, 12 injured

An explosion occurred near the Youth Centre in Polgolla, Kandy a short while ago (June 6). It is reported that 2 people have died and 12 other injured as a result. This is the second explosion to occur today; 21 people were killed in a claymore explosion that targetted a bus earlier in the day in Katubedde, near the Moratuwa University. Both incidents carry the signature of the LTTE, an internationally condemned, ruthless terrorist outfit.

According to analysts this is typical of a terrorist organization that is on its last legs. The LTTE has suffered a series of setbacks over the past two years, both politically and militarily and its much talked of 'conventional' army has been retreating deeper and deeper into the Wanni on account of determined onslaughts from the security forces.

The Government appeals to all citizens to remain calm and to support the efforts of the heroic security forces by maintaining utmost vigilance at all times.

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Bomb explosion in Pollgolla

A bomb has been exploded in side a public transport bus near the Youth Centre in Polgolla, Kandy short while ago, June 6.

According to an initial report, the explosion occurred around 3.50 p.m. in side a bus which was plying from Mathale to Kandy.

Kandy hospital sources said that 6 civilians have already been admitted to the hospital following the explosion. The casualties are still being evacuating into the hospital, sources further said.

More information will follow.

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Engineering Final student dies in the explosion

In the bomb explosion that occurred inside a Kottawa- Mt. Lavinia bus near Shailabimbarama Temple near Moratuwa University at about 7.35 a.m. today a final year student of Moratuwa University has died. The explosion killed 21 and injured more than 60.

The victim is Gamunu Ratnayake, a final year Engineering student.
Several more university students have been injured in the incident say reports reaching us. A curfew has been imposed in the area.

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Police curfew imposed in Moratuwa following bomb explosion

A Police curfew has been enforced in the Katubedda area to facilitate investigations being carried out following the bomb explosion this morning, which took the lives of 21 persons and injured over 60 persons, Military Spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.

The curfew will be in force in the Katubedda, Dandeniya, and Moratuwa areas.

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21 civilians killed, over 50 injured in cowardly terror attack- Moratuwa [02nd Lead]

LTTE terrorists have exploded a claymore bomb targeting a crowded public transport bus at Katubadda, Moratuwa this morning (June 6). According to the defence sources, the roadside bomb placed at a location between Shailabimbaramya Buddhist temple and the University of Moratuwa, the topmost Engineering University in Sri Lanka, has been exploded targeting a bus, bearing number 29-1885, that was traveling from Kottawa to Mount Lavinia (Route number 255).

The explosion took place between 7.45 a.m and 8.00 a.m, police sources said.

The hospital sources said, 21 people have been killed, 13 males and 8 females, and over 50 injured in this cowardly terror attack. The injured have been rushed to the Teaching Hospital Kalubowila and Base Hospital in Lunawa. Meanwhile, few victims who suffered severe injuries have already been transferred to the National hospital Colombo, Kalubowil hospital sources said.

LTTE is a ruthless terrorist organization fighting for a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983. During 3 decades of its bloody terror war against Sri Lankan citizen it has killed tens and thousands of innocent civilians in village massacres, bus bombings, train bombings, suicide bombings, and etc.

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Terror bomb blast in Moratuwa- 19 civilian kill and 40 others suffered injuries

LTTE terrorist have exploded a bomb targeting a civilian bus at Katubedda in Moratuwa this morning (June 06). According to the available information 19 civilian have been killed and 40 others have been injuried.

more information will follow....

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Bomb found near electrical transformer- Ragama

Police alerted by vigilant civilians detected a 2.4 kg improvised explosive device (IED) near an electrical transformer at Alapitiwala on the Mabola - Ragama road around 7 this evening.

According to the police sources , civilians in the area had informed the police about a suspected parcel lying near the said electrical transformer which is located 100m away from the a gas station. Police having rushed to the location and found that the parcel was wired and informed the bomb disposal squad.

Later, the army bomb disposal squad diffused the bomb. Police suspect that the LTTE terrorist had brought the bomb to destroy the electrical transformer. Investigations are in progress.

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Two police constables shot dead in two situations in Batticaloa

Today (05) between 5.00pm to 6.00pm in KALLADI Bridge, near the right hand side barrier a police constable was shot dead by an unidentified gunman while he was on duty. The gunman has arrived by a motor cycle to shoot the police constable.

Meanwhile another two police constables were shot while they were on foot patrol, by another unknown motorcycle gunman at a sub road in BATTICALOA. Due to the fire attack one police constable was reported killed and other police constable was reported heavy injuries.

The injured constable is under going treatments in BATTICALOA hospital.

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Sri Lanka steps up air raids on LTTE strongholds

Stepping up air raids on Tamil Tiger bases, Sri Lankan Russian-built MiG-27 jets bombed a suspected rebel position in the northwestern Mannar district early Thursday, the military said. “MiG-27 fighter jets raided an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) stronghold during a close air support mission launched to assist advancing ground troops in Mannar,” the defence ministry said in a statement.

It said the LTTE stronghold, located three kilometres south-west of the Periyamadu Tank in Mannar, was bombed around 8.20 am. The government gave no further details.

This is the fourth air raid in two days to assist the ground troops, which have opened many fronts in the regions of Wanni, Mannar and Welioya to move into the rebel-held territories amid tough resistance.

On Wednesday, the air force claimed that they bombed two artillery gun positions and a Sea Tiger base in the northern province.

It said the artillery gun positions of the LTTE were bombed Wednesday afternoon - one at Kalmunai in Pooneryn area 10 km south of the Muhamalai Forward Defence Lines (FDLs) and another at Soranpattu, a Sea Tiger base close to Nayaaru lagoon in Mullaitivu district.

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Cairn India gets Sri Lanka exploration licence

Cairn India, a unit of Britain's Cairn Energy Plc, said on Thursday it had been awarded a licence by the government of Sri Lanka to explore for oil and gas in the Mannar Basin.

The offshore block SL 2007-01-001 covers about 3,400 sq km (1,300 sq mile) in water depths of 200-1,800 metres, it said in a statement. The petroleum resources agreement for the block will be signed in due course, it said.

Ahead of the news, shares in Cairn India had ended up 0.7 percent at 263.95 rupees in a Mumbai market that rose 1.6 percent.

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Terrorist Suspect in Wellawatta Rail Track Explosion Turns Nervous & Ends up in Arrest

BARELY fourteen hours after LTTE’s abortive Wednesday (4) morning attempt to explode the passenger train passing WELLAWATTA area, alert Civil Defence Forces’ members and the Police around 8.30 p.m. the same day (4) arrested the prime terrorist suspect behind the blast when he was attempting to slip through IRATTAPERIYAKULAM roadblock in VAVUNIYA.

The LTTE suspect, JATHEESAN BALASUBRAMANIYAM (30) of WATTALA has admitted to the Police that he masterminded the criminal act and escaped from WELLAWATTA area, despite the pursuit done by a three-wheeler driver who tried to overpower him after a few assaults on him.

The self-claimed LTTE terrorist suspect while undergoing routine checking at the above roadblock, manned by combined Civil Defence Forces (CDF) members, Police and the Army, has conducted himself in a peculiar suspicious manner and has tried nervously to take cover behind others, infusing suspicion in one of the woman CDF soldiers. The woman CDF soldier has identified the suspect immediately since the Police in the morning have released his photo for public assistance. (See our Situation Report Highlight story on Wednesday, 4th June)

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