21 civilians killed, over 60 injured in cowardly terror attack- Moratuwa [02nd Lead]
 LTTE terrorists have exploded a claymore bomb
targeting a crowded public transport bus at Katubedda, Moratuwa this
morning (June 6). According to the defence sources, the roadside bomb
placed at a location between Shailabimbaramya Buddhist temple and the
University of Moratuwa, the topmost Engineering University in Sri Lanka,
has been exploded targeting a bus, bearing number 29-1885, that was traveling from Kottawa to
Mount Lavinia (Route number 255).
The explosion took place between 7.30 a.m and 7.45 a.m,
police sources said.
The hospital sources said, 21 people have been killed,
13 males and 8 females, and over 60 injured in this cowardly terror
attack. The injured have been rushed to the Teaching Hospital Kalubowila
and Base Hospital in Lunawa.
Kalubowila hospital sources said that 55 injuries are
being treated in the hospital while 5 others who suffered severe
injuries have already been transferred to the National hospital Colombo.
Meanwhile, Lunawa hospital sources said that 16
victims were admitted to the hospital following the explosion and 8 of
them have already being transferred to the Kalubowila hospital. 7 among
the rest have left the hospital after undergoing treatments, Medical
Officer in Lunawa hospital further said.
LTTE is a ruthless terrorist organization fighting for
a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983.
During 3 decades of its bloody terror war against Sri Lankan citizen it
has killed tens and thousands of innocent civilians in village
massacres, bus bombings, train bombings, suicide bombings, and etc.
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The wreckage of a bus after a bomb explosion at
Katubedda in the Motratuwa.
Pix By: Chandana Napagoda
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Volunteers are evacuating the bodies of the civilians killed on this
brutal attack. 20 innocent civilians were killed in this explosion.
Pix By: Chandana Napagoda |
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Volunteers are evacuating the bodies of the civilians killed on this
brutal attack. 20 innocent civilians were killed in this explosion.
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Hospital staff
making their fullest effort to save the survivors of the explosion |
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The targeted bus carrying over 100 civilians
when it was hit by LTTE claymore |
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The location
where the roadside bomb had been fixed
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The bus was
carrying innocent civilians from Kottawa to Mt'Lavinia in rush-hour
this morning
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These show the
true nature of the LTTE terrorism; 20 innocent civilians were killed
while over 60 suffered injuries in LTTE claymore explosion |
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These show the
true nature of the LTTE terrorism; 20 innocent civilians were killed
while over 60 suffered injuries in LTTE claymore explosion |
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[6th Lead] |
