47 Wounded in Bomb Blast In Colombo
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Names of those injured in Pettah blast updated
(August 30, Colombo.
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The bomb which went off in Pettah injuring at least 47 persons was believed to planted close to a Clocks stall , near the Bo tree at Olcott Mawatha, Police said. The explosion went off at 12.15 p.m. and the area was crowded at the time of the blast .
The condition of five persons are reported to be serious.
"We received 45 people injured in the blast," a director of the Colombo National Hospital, Anil Jasinghe, told Sri Lanka Guardian.
"There are four women and two children among the wounded," he said.
Some roads adjoining Olcott Mawatha in Pettah have been closed temporary following the explosion. Police said that investigations are going on into the incident.
The names of 35 persons out of 47 who were injured at the Pettah bomb blast this morning have been released. The names are as follows:
1. Gamini, age 26, Kurunegala
2. Ranjith Nalaka, age 28, Chilaw
3. A.M. Ajith Bandara, age 22, Lunugama
4. Anoma Chandani, age 23, Biyagama
5. Susiri Udayanga, age 24, Mattegoda
6. M.A.M.Roshen, age 36, Veyangoda
7. M. Chandra Malkanthi, age 48, Urugasmanghandiya
8. H.M. Nandasena, age 51, Maha Buthgamuwa, Angoda
9. L.A.D.K. Thilak Krishantha, age 21, Lunugama
10. Kasun Laksiri, age 10, Gampola
11. Pradeepa Bandara, age 21, Gampola
12. Isuru Dinesh Kumara, age 20, Kosgama
13. M. Saleem Rizwan, age 38, Colombo 12
14. K. Rajaratnam, age 32 , Colombo
15. P.P. Indrage, age 42, Tissamaharama
16. Chethana Kumari, age 21, Mulleriyawa
17. D.M.Rampriya, age 45, Kotikawatte
18. T.M. Ibrahim, age 45, Colombo 15
19. P.H.D. Jagath, 26, Muthiangama
20. Shashika Methmal, age 28, Kurunegala
21. Dulip Bodhisinghe, age 42, Bambalapitiya
22. Ajith Viranga, age 39, Weliweriya
23. W.B. Prasanna Karunatilake, age 37, Gunasinghapura
24. H.D. Soysa, age 69, Rajagiriya
25. A.D. Ruwan, age 70, Wattala
26. Nimal Chandrasiri, age 48, Ganemulla
27. Nilupa Kumara, age 32, Gunesinghepura
28. M. Rajan, age 27, Narammala
29. Rukmal Sampath Godahewage, age 32, Kegalle
30. P.C. Chinthaka , age 29, Weligama
31. D.M Chandrapala, age 25, Ampara
32. M. Jayakody, age 43, Athurugiriya
33. W.D. Ranjith, age 42, Angunuppalassa
34. C.P.Cooray, age 60, Hanwella
35. Preethika Hettiarachchi , age 26, Biyagama
Bomb blast in Sri Lanka capital wounds nearly 50
by Amal Jayasinghe Sat Aug 30, 8:08 AM ET
COLOMBO (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger guerrillas detonated a bomb in Colombo's commercial hub on Saturday wounding nearly 50 people, officials said, as government forces kept up a major drive against the rebels.
The bomb was concealed under a red satin-covered roadside stall displaying fake designer watches in the busy Pettah area of the capital, a short distance from the main bus station and the railway terminal.
"We received 48 people injured in the blast," said Anil Jasinghe, a director of the Colombo National Hospital.
"There are seven women and two children among the wounded," Jasinghe said, describing most of the injuries as "light to moderate." Most were leg wounds.
"There were fewer people today because of the rains from the morning," a shopkeeper said. "We heard the sound of a blast, but we thought it was a firecracker. It didn't sound like a huge bomb."
The explosion was minor compared to a bomb explosion also blamed on the rebels that occured in April 1987 in the same area, killing 111 people and wounding over 750 wounded.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but President Mahinda Rajapakse's office said the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrillas were believed to have carried out the bombing.
"Several recent plots by the LTTE to carry out bomb attacks targeting government installations, public transport and civilians have been foiled following information of such terrorist plots being revealed by LTTE cadres who were arrested by the police," the president's office said in a statement.
The defence ministry said security was further stepped up in the area following the blast.
Police cordoned off the bustling Pettah commercial area after the attack, which came as government forces continued to pound Tamil Tiger targets in the north of the island.
The Tigers have also been blamed for a string of bomb attacks against public transport and other blasts in recent months as the military intensified pressure on the rebels' defacto mini-state in the north.
The attack came as the defence ministry said another 18 guerrillas and a government soldier were killed in fresh fighting on Friday.
The latest fighting brought the number of rebels killed by troops since January to 6,185, according to government figures. The government says 582 of its soldiers have died in the same period.
Saturday's attack came a day after the rebels accused government forces of setting off a roadside bomb and killing two civilians inside guerrilla-held territory.
A man and a child died when their motorcycle was caught up in the bomb attack at Nedunkerni in the vast Wanni region on Thursday evening, the LTTE said in a statement.
The military routinely denies it carries out attacks against civilians inside Tamil Tiger-controlled areas.
It is impossible to verify independently casualty figures as the government bars access to the front-lines by journalists and rights groups.
UN aid agencies say nearly 135,000 people have been driven from their homes due to fierce fighting in the past two months.
Sri Lankan troops have been pushing deeper into rebel-held territory as they try to dismantle the LTTE's northern stronghold. They ejected the guerrillas from the east of the island in July 2007.
Tens of thousands of people have died on both sides since the LTTE launched a separatist campaign in 1972 for a homeland for minority Tamils in the island's north and east.
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SLA shelling kills 5 IDPs, children in Ki'inochchi
Saturday, 30 August 2008, 12:15 GMT]
Five civilians, including two children, displaced recently from Mannaar district were killed Saturday evening when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched artillery attack on Puthumu'rippu village, situated a few kilometers from Ki'inochchi town. Three civilians were rushed to Ki'inochchi hospital in critical condition, according to medical sources. The SLA attack, targeting the village, densely populated by IDPs, comes a day after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) dropped leaflets threatening heavy casualties to civilians in Vanni unless they moved from LTTE administered Vanni.
The artillery attack has taken place at 4:40 p.m.
The civilians killed were identified as 28-year-old Karuppiah Anantharajah, his 2-year-old son Anantharajah Gowtham, 27-year-old Thilakeshvari Visvanthan with her 1-month-old baby and 28-year-old Alagesan Luka Pathmalatha.
The wounded were 17-year-old female Rajeswary Balasubramaniyam, 10-month-old baby Iyalvili Alageswaran and another female in unconscious state, yet to be identified, according to medical sources.
SLA artillery attack on Vanni
2-year-old Anantharasa Gowtham was killed with his father
SLA artillery attack on Vanni
A child killed on the spot in SLA artillery attack
SLA artillery attack on Vanni
Civilians killed in SLA barrage on IDPs in Vanni
SLA artillery attack on Vanni
A victim being treated at Ki'linochchi hospital
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