Defence Secretary unharmed in
bomb attack One killed and 14 injured by LTTE suicide killer [Friday,
December 01, 2006 - 6.00 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa, escaped unharmed when an LTTE suicide killer, targeted the
convoy of vehicles in which he was traveling around 10.40
am at Kollupitiya in Colombo today (Dec. 01).
Mr. Rajapaksa a retired Colonel of the Sri Lanka Army is the younger
brother of Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Defence sources said the suicide bomb attack had been carried out by the
LTTE.
According to the Military Spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe, one
person was killed and 12 injured in the attack. The suicide killer had
come in a three-wheeler to carry out this attack. The injured have been
rushed to hospital.
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