7.6.2008
Death
toll of yesterday's (June 6) bomb blast at Katubadda , Moratuwa
rose to 22 as two of the victims had died at the National
Hospital Colombo last night . According to the hospital
sources, 38 victims are being treated at Kalubowila hospital
including two in the incentive care unit.
LTTE
terrorist carried out a cowardly claymore bomb attack targeting
a crowded public transport bus plying from Kottawa to Mount
Laveniya last morning. The bomb weighing about 5kg believed
to be exploded using a remote controlled device.
Meanwhile
police sources said 50 suspects arrested in connection with
the bomb blast were produced at the courts this morning
(June 7). The courts released 49 of them while the other
was detained for further inquiries, he added.
Commenting
on the investigations of the bomb blast at Polgolla , Kandy
, the police said that the LTTE terrorist who had brought
the bomb to the bus suspected to be among the dead. One
of the two persons died in the second bus bombing carried
out by the LTTE terrorist last evening, has not been identified
so far. Another suspect who had tried to escape from the
bus following the bomb blast was also handed over to the
police by the area residents.
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