One dead and six injured in LTTE terror attack- Colombo

LTTE terrorists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), targeting  a bus transporting army personnel in the first cross street in Colombo fort, on Thursday the 24th of May, at 08.55 a.m.

According to the available information a claymore mine fixed in a parked  mortar bike was detonated using a remote device, the defence officials said.

Hospital sources said that seven  injured, including four army personnel and three civilians have been  admitted to the national hospital in Colombo.

An army personal succumbed to his injuries, the Colombo general Hospital sources added.

More details will follow.

Courtesy - Sri Lanka Defence