2.2.2008
LTTE terrorists exploded a bomb in
side a public transportation bus targeting civilians in
Dambulla this morning (February 2), defence sources said.
According to available information, the blast was occurred
in a privately owned bus traveling from Kandy to Anuradhapura
around 7 a.m.
So
far , 18 people have been killed including 16 females
and over 80 others suffered injuries due to the explosion,
the sources say.
The explosion took place as the bus came to the Dambulla
Central bus stand which left from Kandy, the sources added.
Among the dead and wounded many are Buddhist devotees
on a pilgrimage to the sacred Anuradhapura City, Dambulla
Police said.
Dambulla
hospital sources said, eighteen bodies of innocent civilians
killed in the bomb attack were already received at the
hospital. Four civilians who suffered serious head injuries
were immediately transferred to the general hospital at
Matale.
Also
among the injured ten, eleven, six and five civilians
were respectively transferred to the hospitals at Kandy,
Kurunegala, Matale and Colombo, Dambulla , hospital sources
said. The sources further said that, sixteen of the eighteen
bodies received at Dambulla general hospital were already
identified.
LTTE
is a ruthless terrorist outfit fighting for a mono ethnic
separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983.
Led by its psychopathic leader, V.Prabhakaran, LTTE has
established its cause on extreme tribalism and carries
out all sorts of egregious crimes against civilians, including
genocides, child soldiering, ethnic cleansing, suicide
blasts, etc. LTTE has killed tens and thousands innocent
civilians including Sinahalese, Muslims and Tamils in
its bloody terrorist campaign against Sri Lankan people.
However,
the outfit has developed an effective propaganda machinery
both in local and international context that clear its
name from all abominable crimes it commits against Sri
Lankan people and continue to maintain its facade as a
liberator organization.
Courtesy
- Sri Lanka Defence