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Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 04.56 GMT |
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Muslim countries condemn LTTE terror attack
in Akuressa |
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The High Commissioners for Bangladesh,
Malaysia and the Indonesian Ambassador on
behalf of their respective Governments have
strongly denounced the suicide bomb attack
carried out by the LTTE on Tuesday (March
10) at the Godapitiya Jumma Mosque at
Akuressa, targeting a peaceful procession to
celebrate the Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday.
Participating in a discussion chaired by
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama at the
Ministry yesterday, these diplomats
expressed their solidarity with the people
of Sri Lanka in the wake of this terror
attack and wished the Government success in
its current endeavour to defeat terrorism.
The Foreign Minister briefed the diplomats
of the historical antecedents of the
targeting of the Muslim community in Sri
Lanka by the LTTE for their strong
opposition to the separatist agenda espoused
by the LTTE. In particular, he highlighted
the massacres of Muslim worshippers at the
Meera Jumma and Husseniya Mosques in
Kattankudy in August 1990, as well as the
systematic slaughter of Muslim civilians in
remote Muslim hamlets in the Eastern
Province. He also drew the attention of the
assembled diplomats to the wholesale ethnic
cleansing of the entire Muslim community of
the Northern Province in October 1990, which
the LTTE carried out with cold blooded and
clinical precision.
Minister Bogollagama called upon the
international community to extend their
support and understanding to the Government
of Sri Lanka at this critical juncture, when
the security forces are engaged in the final
phase of their humanitarian operation to
eradicate the menace of terrorism from every
square inch of the country.
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