Grenade explodes in Tamil family’s home on Thai Pongal Day in Trincomalee
A Tamil family of four was severely wounded in their home when an unidentified attacker threw a grenade into their verandah on Saturday evening. Sri Lankan Army (SLA) security posts are located near the house.
Following Thai Pongal celebrations, parents and their two children were watching television when the grenade exploded in their home in Gandhinagar, Trincomalee. The house is between the villages of Anbuvallipuram and Abeyapura, and close to the Trincomalee-Kandy highway. The home of the injured is part of a Trincomalee Urban Council quarter’s complex. One witness, a resident who was waiting near the house for his friend, stated that two youth in blue shirts arrived at the home on a motorbike. The witness said the youth told the man to leave the area and when the man refused to, they pushed him to the ground. Then the youth threw the grenade at the house and escaped to the nearest Sri Lankan military security post, which is 50 metres away. Immediately after the grenade exploded, the family cried for help, but the police or the Sri Lankan Navy located near their home did not respond. After hearing about the grenade attack, the neighbors, started to walk to the home to help the wounded family, but were chased away by the Sri Lankan Navy, who eventually arrived at the scene. Ms Rajeswary, a dispenser in the Urban Council Ayurveda Dispensary, her husband and their two children were treated at Trincomalee General Hospital for serious injuries.
SLMM officials in Trincomalee visited the site for further investigation.
15 January 2006
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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