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A hand grenade was thrown at the Marawila magistrate’s residence yesterday by an unidentified person but it did not explode, Police Spokesman SP Ajith Rohana said.

The suspect had come on a motorcycle and had thrown the bomb and fled. No casualties were reported. Three police teams are investigating the incident.

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Eighteen persons were admitted to the Dankotuwa Hospital after becoming unconscious due to a gas leakage at a soap manufacturing factory in Dankotuwa, said Police Media Spokesman Ajith Rohana.

The incident took place at around 12.15 pm yesterday. According to Dankotuwa Hospital sources, five persons were transferred to the Negombo and Colombo National Hospitals. Dankotuwa police investigating.

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Yesterday marked the 27th remembrance of the brutal massacre of 146 Buddhist pilgrims by LTTE terrorists at the Sacred Jaya Sri Maha-Bodhi at Anuradhapura. On May 14 , 1985 – a Sunday, the entire nation and the Buddhist world were shocked at the news of barbarism displayed by the most ruthless terrorist group – the LTTE, on unarmed innocent civilians including the clergy, women and children.

As revealed later, the attack was masterminded by the megalomaniac terror leader Prabhakaran himself, intended at flaming communal hatred and provoking a spree of violence targeting innocent Tamil civilians.

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The Police have found a haul of C4 and other explosives from the general area Pudukudirippu and Iranamadu hidden near an old LTTE bunker. The cache was found during a search operation by the Vavuniya Police following information received.

This is the largest haul of C4 explosives ever found and these goods are believed to have been hidden by the LTTE during the war period.

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‘Gota’s War’, a book which unveils the events related to the conflict in Sri Lanka and highlights the crushing of Tiger terrorism in Sri Lanka, was launched yesterday at Water’s Edge, Battaramulla amid a massive gathering with President Mahinda Rajapaksa participating as Chief Guest.

The author of the book senior journalist C A Chandraprema presented copies of the book to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and to Secretary, Defence and Urban Development Ministry Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. International Monetory Cooperation Minister Sarath Amunugama and Secretary to the President Lalith Weerathunga made analytical lectures on the book.

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Attention must be focused on strengthening Sri Lanka’s maritime security since it plays a vital role in the country’s safety and protection, Pondicherry University Associate Professor A Subramanyam Raju said. “Strengthening maritime security is a must since new threats are emerging from the sea. Such threats are more difficult to tackle than those emanating from land,” he said. Professor Raju said the ocean is rich with many resources.

He was in Sri Lanka on a visit organized by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo.

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Tragedy befell a young woman who was in the prime of her life when her enraged ex-lover shot her dead. The killer thereafter committed suicide by shooting himself with the same firearm.

The police identified the woman victim as Nadisha Nelum Somasiri (22), a Naval rating who was attached to the Naval Camp at Trincomalee. She was a native of Gonapola in the Nawalapitiya area. The killer was R.M.G. Surendra (36), a Naval rating attached to the Vakarai Naval Camp. He was from Maha Oya, Wellawaya in the Uva Province.

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The military in Mullaithivu is accomplishing the daunting task of winning the hearts and minds of the Tamils, who were brainwashed and misled by the LTTE for over three decades, by genuinely helping them to rise over the deadly memories of a blood soaked past, the Security Forces Commander Mullaithivu Maj. Gen. Leonard Brindly Ravindran Mark said.

“Most of the people in Mullaithivu are blood relations of LTTE leaders including V. Prabakaran. They were there until the last days of the end-battle and the majority of them have never seen outside Mullaithivu. It was a challenge to the military to change the minds of these people. But we are happy today as they are having a good relationship with soldiers”, he said.

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All Sri Lankans, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political belongings, will celebrate the third anniversary of the Security Forces liberating the country from the clutches of LTTE terrorism. It was on May 18, 2009 that Sri Lanka’s Security Forces accomplished that landmark achievement and became the only country in the world to crush terrorism, that too against the world’s most ruthless terrorist outfit.

Exactly three years ago, President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared with justifiable pride that the country had been liberated from the scourge of terrorism and hoisted the national flag at the Victory Day celebrations at the Galle Face Green. The true sons of our soil have achieved infinitely more than the so-called superpowers – crushing terrorism, and that too against the most brutal terrorist organisation in the world. The whole world was spellbound by that magnificent victory.

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Tamil Nadu has intensified security along its entire coastal belt based following intelligence reports of increased smuggling between India and Sri Lanka. It is also aimed at preventing Indian fishermen from crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) between the two nations.

As an initial step to curb enhanced smuggling, 30 more marine police stations are being set up in Tamil Nadu to bring the state’s entire coastal belt under close vigil, a top police official in the State said.

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