64 civilians killed in LTTE claymore attack
President disregards security concerns and
reaches out to Kebithigollewa victims
15 children killed in Fathers' Day massacre
Sixty four innocent civilians including 15
children were killed and 87 others injured as the LTTE detonated
twin claymore mines targeting a jam-packed civilian bus plying from
Kanugahawewa to Kebithigollewa yesterday around 8 a.m., Police and
Military said.
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Act with calm, restraint - President
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who visited the
site of the carnage and the Kebithigollewa hospital last afternoon,
appealed to the people to act with calm and restraint at this
critical juncture.
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Troops respond with limited strikes
Soon after the LTTE carried out its barbaric act
of killing 63 innocent civilians inside a fully packed bus in
Kebithigollewa yesterday morning, Security Forces undertook
deterrent measures to neutralise certain identified LTTE terrorist
targets in Sampur and Mullaitivu areas.
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