12 Police Constables killed in suicide blast
Rafik JALALDEEN
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The scene of the explosion.
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VAVUNIYA: Twelve Police Constables were killed and another 23
including three schoolchildren injured when an LTTE suicide cadre riding
a motorcycle blew himself opposite the Vavuniya Senior Superintendent of
Police complex last morning.
Police media spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said the Tiger suicide
cadre exploded himself along the Vavuniya-Medawachchiya main road
opposite the SSP office complex in Vavuniya yesterday around 7.15 a.m.
“Nine Police Constables and three Women Police Constables were killed
on the spot and 23 others including three schoolchildren and a civilian
were injured,” he added.
“When the LTTE suicide cadre blew himself, a number of police
personnel were stepping out of the SSP premises after they had been
deployed for different tasks and to different police posts,” SSP
Gunasekera told the Daily News.
According to Vavuniya hospital sources, 17 Police Constables and two
Women Police Constables were among the injured.
The injured police personnel and two schoolchildren were admitted to
the Anuradhapura Hospital while a child and a civilian were treated at
the Vavuniya Hospital. Vavuniya SSP Bernard Silva was not in his office
when the Tiger suicide cadre blew himself.
Police and Security Forces launched a search operation and
intensified security in the area. |
