Bus bomb found in Moratuwa; vigilant civilians avert 2 terror
attacks in one day
Vigilant civilians yesterday (May 24) foiled two
cowardly attempts made by LTTE terrorist to massacre civilians in the
Moratuwa and Ganemulla areas, defence sources said.
According to the sources, a civilian had found a
time bomb weighing 3kg, the second finding for the day, placed inside a
public transport bus that had been plying from Colombo to Moratuwa
around 8 pm. The civilian had become suspicious about an ownerless
parcel left in the bus and informed the matter to the bus conductor, the
sources further said. The bus conductor had immediately stopped the bus
at Rawathawatte , asked the passengers to get down from the bus and
informed the 119 emergency service, the sources added.
The army bomb squad rushed to the location and found
that the parcel was a time bomb and later defused it, said the sources.
Earlier on the same day evening, a bus conductor found
1.25 kg time bomb placed inside a bus that was to travel from
Parkandeniya to Colombo. The conductor had detected the ownerless parcel
at the end of a trip and threw it away at a remote place close to
Kossinna temple. Then he informed the 119 emergency service operated by
the Ministry of Defence. The Police Special Task Force (STF) bomb squad
rushed to the location and disposed the bomb.
The two civilians whose vigilance is strong enough to
defeat the cunning tactics of bloodthirsty LTTE terrorist saved dozen of
innocent lives. Their deeds should be honoured by the whole nation.
Further, defence.lk reminds the public that the terrorist who had placed
those bombs are still freely moving in the society looking to plan
another cowardly attack. This is the greatest challenge in the counter
terrorist warfare because unlike in conventional warfare these terrorists
can act as innocent civilians no matter how many lives they had taken.
Further, there are many outfits tasked by the LTTE to look after its
agents. These outfits usually operate under most righteous themes like,
civil rights, free media, human rights and etc, and do everything they
can to prevent law enforcement authorities laying hands of those terror
agents. Therefore , we request the general public to understand this
bitter truth and to give their maximum corporation to the armed forces
in defeating this decades old terrorist menace.
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