President visits National Hospital

Chaminda Perera

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa visited the Colombo National Hospital yesterday evening to inquire the health of Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mahinda Wijesekera and others who were flown to Colombo after the bomb blast at Akuressa.

The President has inquired National Hospital Director Dr. Hector Weerasinghe and the specialist doctors about the health of the Minister. Senior Presidential Advisor and Parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa also visited the National Hospital yesterday night.

Meanwhile, the Police Department yesterday appointed four comprehensive teams to investigate into the blast which killed 14 persons including 5 representatives of local government bodies in the Matara district.

Police Spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera told the Daily News that a massive search operation was launched in the area and no suspect was still arrested over the incident.

Devundara PS Chairman Linton Abeydheera, Kamburupitiya PS Vice Chairman Tilak Wijesekera, Akuressa PS Vice Chairman Upali Sarathchandra, Matadra MC member I.H. Sirisena, Ahuraliya PS member Anura Wickremasinghe and I. Fernando of Minister Mahinda Wijesekera’s security detail were among the dead.