LTTE terrorists target civilians in a bus bomb; 18 innocent civilians killed - Dambulla

LTTE terrorists exploded a bomb in side a public transportation bus targeting civilians in Dambulla this morning (February 2), defence sources said. According to available information, the blast was occurred in a privately owned bus traveling from Kandy to Anuradhapura around 7 a.m.

So far ,  18 people have been killed including 16 females and over 80 others suffered injuries due to the explosion, the sources say.

 The explosion took place  as the bus came to the Dambulla Central bus stand which left from Kandy, the sources added. Among the dead and wounded many are Buddhist devotees on a pilgrimage to the sacred Anuradhapura City,  Dambulla Police said.

Dambulla hospital sources said, eighteen bodies of innocent civilians killed in the bomb attack were already received at the hospital. Four civilians who suffered serious head injuries were immediately transferred to the general hospital at Matale.

Also among the injured ten, eleven, six and five civilians were respectively transferred to the hospitals at Kandy, Kurunegala, Matale and Colombo, Dambulla , hospital sources said. The sources further said that, sixteen of the eighteen bodies received at Dambulla general hospital were already identified.

LTTE is a ruthless terrorist outfit fighting for a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983. Led by its psychopathic leader, V.Prabhakaran, LTTE has established its cause on extreme tribalism and carries out all sorts of egregious crimes against civilians, including genocides, child soldiering, ethnic cleansing, suicide blasts, etc. LTTE has killed tens and thousands innocent civilians including Sinahalese, Muslims and Tamils in its bloody terrorist campaign against Sri Lankan people.

However, the outfit has developed an effective propaganda machinery both in local and international context that clear its name from all abominable crimes it commits against Sri Lankan people and continue to maintain its facade as a liberator organization.

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