8.2.2008
A
48 year old Sinhala woman who had brought the bomb which
exploded in a private bus at Dambulla on Saturday (02) was
arrested by Dambulla police. She has been identified as
P.G Hemalatha, a resident of Killinochchi
who had born in Kengalla, Kandy. She had left Kandy to Killinochchi
at the age of 14. Her mother who was accompanying her and
traveling in the same bus was also undergoing treatment
for burn injuries at the Kurunegala Hospital.
The
Police suspects that this bomb exploded accidentally while
she was taking it to Anuradhapura, possibly to be set
off near the Ruwanweliseya.
She
had kept the parcel at the front of the vehicle. She and
her mother had not sat next to each other on the bus.
Both of them had sustained injuries due to the blast and
been admitted to the Dambulla hospital, it is reported.
The suspect had told police that she went to Killinochchi
with a Tamil youth at the age of 14 and that she has two
sons who are members of the LTTE. Police said that the
woman’s first visit to Kengalla, after she left,
was eight years later. Thereafter she had visited her
village on several occasions and had even constructed
a house there. She had come to Kengalla this time on January
24.
Police said that her mother, who is aged between 65 and
70, was undergoing treatment at the Kurunegala hospital.
Courtesy
- Government Information