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Killing of 27 civilians, injuring 40:

Indictments served on two suspected LTTE bomb experts

The Attorney General indicted two persons considered as bomb experts of the LTTE, for causing the deaths of 27 passengers and grievous injuries to 40 others by exploding a claymore bomb in a bus on the Moratuwa - Katubedda road using a remote control device.

The accused are Thagervelu Nimalan alias Selvam and Nadesan Kugernadan alias Nenrill. They were indicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act No 48 of 1979 and the Criminal Procedure Code.

The indictments with 113 charges were served on the accused when they were produced before the Panadura Provincial High Court judge K Sarojanee Weerawardana on Monday by a special STF squad as the accused were under detention.

The 113 charges in the indictments were typed in Sinhala and the accused appealed to court to read out the charges in the indictment in Tamil. The judge summoned the Panadura district court interpreter and got him to read out and explain the 113 charges to the accused.

State Counsel Dishna Warnakula represented the Attorney General when indicting the accused present in court.

The first accused Thangervelu Nimalan alias Selvam was charged with committing the deaths of Kamanee Senanayake. S A Madushika Sewwandi Alwis. Sri Madushika Jayasinghe. Dharmadasa Gamage, Nuwan Manohara. C B Hettiarchchi. K A Sitha Jayalatha Fernando, D Karunaratna, P S Jayalath, S U Hettiarchchi. S A Indika, W G Thanuja Priyantha. W M Ghanagith, Prasanna Priyalal Fernando, Ajantha Damayanthi. H Thilakaratne Fernando, Dilini Maduka Wanniyarchchi, R M G Ratnayake, P Chaminda Kumara, M A Hemasiri, M D Dayaratne. Sunil Abeysekera. H Indiwari. D V Bogahawatte. K A Nilanthi. Pradeepa Tharangane Karunatillke and M Padmasiri Perera and injuring 40 or more passengers.

The second accused Nadesan Kugernadan alias Nenrill was indicted with conspiracy and aiding and abetting the first accused to commit the murders of the 27 passengers and injury to 40 or more passengers who travelled in the bus by exploding a claymore bomb inside it.

The first accused had confessed to an Assistant Superintendent of Police that the accused had undergone training in an LTTE camp in the Northern province for a long period, including a special course in exploding bombs and shooting.

They came to Colombo later and got involved in terrorist activities The confession is also a document in the prosecution case.

The prosecution has cited 74 witnesses including the government analyst, Colombo South Hospital, JMO, eye witnesses and policemen to give evidence for the prosecution

A remote control device and other items were marked as productions in the case.

The Criminal Investigations Department and officials of the Anti Terrorist (Activities Investigations) Unit investigated into the claymore bomb blast at Katubedda, Moratuwa and arrested the two suspects while they were living temporarily in a rented house in Kotahena, Colombo during that time and engaged in terrorists activities in Colombo.

 

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