LTTE suicide bomber attack Mosque

The death toll of the brutal terrorist attack at the national Milad Festival in Sri Lanka , has risen to 14 while 46 others including a government minister were injured.

An LTTE suicide bomber attacked the Jumma mosque at Godapitiya, in Akurassa , in the Matara district around 10.30 , this morning (Mar 10). According to the primary investigations , the suicide bomber had arrived at the place on a pushbike and exploded himself among the Islamic devotees proceeding to the mosque in a procession.

The targeted civilians were attending to the national Milad-Un-Nabi celebration , held at the mosque. The festival marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed is celebrated as a national festival in Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile , hospital sources said Minister Mahinda Wijesekara who was also attending the celebration suffered serious injuries in the explosion. The sources added that another 46 people with injuries were admitted to the government hospital Matara and elsewhere. Five other government ministers; AHM Fowzie, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Pandu Bandaranaike, Chandrasiri Gajadeera, and Minister Amir Ali had narrow escapes. Among the deceased and injured were several local government representatives .

The LTTE is a ruthless terrorist outfit fighting for a mono ethnic separate state for Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983. Lead by its psychopathic chief V. Prabhakaran, the outfit has slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent civilians during its three decades of terror campaign against Sri Lankan citizens.

The LTTE has been engaged in a systematic and brutal ethnic cleansing campaign against Muslims and Sinhalese living in the North and Eastern Provinces in its fanatical attempt create an ethnically pure Tamil State in the Island nation.


This image made from video shows an explosion in background, as Sri Lankan Muslim men perform during a religious procession in Akuressa, in Matara, south of Colombo. A suicide bomber attacked a gathering of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday in southern Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Krishan Jeewaka)	Local people look at the scene where a LTTE suicide bomber attacked this morning, outside a mosque in Akuressa south of Sri Lanka. Reuters		Police cordon off the area outside a mosque where damaged motorcycles and the covered bodies of those killed by a bomb blast are seen in Godapitiya in Matara district, about 160 km (99 miles) south of the capital Colombo. Reuters


A Sri Lankan police officer looks at the wreckage of motorcycles and dead bodies, covered with green color clothes at an explosion site in Akuressa, in Matara. (AP Photo)	The covered bodies of those killed by a bomb blast are seen outside a mosque in Godapitiya in Matara. Reuters		A worker cleans the scene where a LTTE suicide bomber attacked outside a mosque in Akuressa south of Sri Lanka. Reuters

Sri Lankan hospital staff carry an injured at the hospital in Matara. (AP Photo/ Krishan Jayaruk)		Non-Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs Chandrasiri Gajadeera, talks to the media still wearing his blood splattered shirt after a bomb blast. REUTERS	A Police officer speaks with a religious figure at the scene where a LTTE suicide bomber attacked a Muslim festival outside a mosque in Akuressa, Matara REUTERS

LTTE suicide bomber attacks Milad Festival - Akurassa [Updated]