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Woman accomplice in Ministry suicide attack remanded by Sarath Malalasekera The Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Sarath C. Karunaratne remanded, Sathyaseelan Selvakumar (29) of Jaffna, the woman accomplice of the LTTE woman suicide bomber who committed suicide at the Kollupitiya Police station premises, till January 12, 2005. Earlier the Judge allowed an application made by the CID to question several persons who are alleged to have used cellular phones on the day of the incident. Investigations revealed that the LTTE had selected the suspect woman now in custody to accompany the woman suicide bomber as she had access to the Minister Devananda's office. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) earlier took over the investigations into the LTTE suicide bomb attack at the Kollupitiya Police station, on July 7, where four police personnel and the LTTE woman suicide bomber were killed. The four police personnel killed were Inspector M.H.D. Ekanayake, Sergeant Artygala and two Reserve Police Constables Liyanage and Chandra Jayantha. Investigations also revealed that the LTTE woman suicide bomber had been assigned to assassinate Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Leader Douglas Devananda. The woman accomplice was arrested by a team of officers attached to the Special Task Force (STF) immediately after the incident. Investigators also discovered that the national identity cards found with the woman suicide bomber and her accomplice were forged documents. The suspect woman was remanded till January 12, 2005. |
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