14 people were killed and 44 others received injuries in a suicide bomb explosion at Godapitiya Jumma Masjid mosque, Akuressa this morning (10 march).Minister Mahinda Wijesekara is critically injured and undergoing a surgery in the colombo national hospial. Ministers Pandu Bandaranayake, A. H. M. Fowsie and Mahinda Yapa Abewardhana were also received minor injuries.
Chairman of Devundara Pradeshiya Sabha Linton Abedheera, Vice Chairman of Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha and Thilak Weerasekara, Private Secretary of Minister Chandrasiri Gajadheera are also among the 14 people who are dead.
Suicide bomber had attacked from the rear side of the ministers motorcade as they were getting down the vehicles at the entrance of the mosque to take part in the function held there. The suicide bomber had arrived at the place on a pushbike and exploded himself among the Islamic devotees proceeding to the mosque in a procession. The body of the suiside carder has charred beyond recognition.
A specialist medical team and emergency medical equipments have been dispatched to Matara by air on the instructions of the President Mahinda Rajapakse.
Chairman of Devundara Pradeshiya Sabha Linton Abedheera, Vice Chairman of Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha and Thilak Weerasekara, Private Secretary of Minister Chandrasiri Gajadheera are also among the 14 people who are dead.
Suicide bomber had attacked from the rear side of the ministers motorcade as they were getting down the vehicles at the entrance of the mosque to take part in the function held there. The suicide bomber had arrived at the place on a pushbike and exploded himself among the Islamic devotees proceeding to the mosque in a procession. The body of the suiside carder has charred beyond recognition.
A specialist medical team and emergency medical equipments have been dispatched to Matara by air on the instructions of the President Mahinda Rajapakse.
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Minister is recovering....slowly ut surely.
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