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CONDEMNING THE KATUBEDDE KILLING OF CIVILIANS PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA SAYS IT SHOWS TRUE NATURE OF LTTE

By Walter Jayawardhana

President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka said the continued targeting of civilians by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) demonstrated the group’s true nature as terrorists, issuing a statement in the immediate after math of exploding a claymore bomb blamed on the group targeting a crowded civilian bus killing 20 passengers and injuring 60 others.

“The continued targeting of innocent civilians by the LTTE must earn the outrage and opprobrium of all civilized societies, who can now see the reality of the LTTE’s unvarying commitment to violence and terror to achieve its narrow objectives” the president said.

The explosion, the latest of a series of bomb blasts , targeting civilians and blamed on the Tamil Tigers occurred June 6 in a densely populated suburb of the capital city of Colombo, at Katubedde close to the island nation’s premier university of technology.

“While unreservedly condemning this repeated act of outrageous brutality by the LTTE, in its cowardly strategy of targeting innocent civilians, I note that this is further proof of the LTTE's frenzy at its major military setbacks in the North, and the loss its hold in the Eastern Province” referring to the major military offensive undertaken by his government to take control of the last two districts remaining in the hands of the LTTE control currently.

Extending the his sympathies to the kith and kin of the deceased and offering the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem for a speedy recovery for the injured the President said, “In the past weeks alert members of the public have shown commendable courage and responsibility in spotting bombs in vehicles and public places, helping to seize hidden explosives, and arrest persons believed to be associated with the LTTE's programme of terror.

"This once again brings into focus the continuing battle Sri Lanka faces with the forces of terror in our efforts to safeguard democracy and civilized life.

“ This brutality also shows the efforts of the LTTE to provoke a backlash against the Tamil people, from which it hopes to gain, although the Tamil people themselves are held in thrall by the terror of its so-called liberator.

“I call on the people to remain calm and not give in to deliberate provocations aimed at fanning communal hatred and violence, remain vigilant against the forces of terror, and continue to assist the Police and Security Forces in the task of eradicating terrorism from our country.”
(EOM)

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