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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 10.32 GMT |
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Second attack on Sri Lankan Embassy in
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The LTTE international terror network struck
again on the Sri Lanka Embassy in the Dutch
capital in the early hours, May 16. It was
the second such attack on the Sri Lanka
Embassy in the Dutch capital, The Hague
within a week.
A group of men tried to set fire to the
Embassy building, by hurling a petrol bomb
at the building. According to the Police who
have been placed on 24-hour duty at the
Embassy, following the earlier attack on the
mission May11, the incident happened within
seconds and they could not catch the
culprits.
The Sri Lankan Ambassador to the
Netherlands, Mrs Grace Asirwatham who
visited the Embassy immediately upon being
informed of the incident by the Police,
contacted the Foreign Ministry in the Hague
and lodged a strong protest on the failure
of the authorities to prevent the attack,
notwithstanding the presence of two unarmed
policemen on guard duty, which had not
deterred the assailants to approach the
Chancery building unchallenged and carrying
out the attack and escaping. The Ambassador
has reminded the Foreign Ministry of the
binding obligation of the Dutch government
under International Law to protect the
inviolability of diplomatic premises on its
territory.
This attack follows a series of pro-LTTE mob
attacks on Sri Lankan Embassies in Western
Europe in the past few weeks while the other
attacks have been on Sri Lankan missions in
London, Paris, Oslo, Berlin and the
Netherlands.
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