SRI LANKA: Four killed in Tamil Tiger attack in Sri Lanka – website
Posted by warvictims on July 11, 2008
BY BBC Monitoring
Text of report by Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order website on 10 July
At least four civilians were killed and 26 others reported wounded when LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] terrorists opened fire at a passenger bus plying from Monaragala towards Kataragama, at the 49th mile post along the Buttala-Kataragama main road, Friday (11 July), at around 10:15 a.m. [local time].
The injured civilians were initially rushed to the hospital at Kataragama and later 19 of them were transferred to the General hospital in Hambantota, the Kataragama hospital sources said. Two females and a 12-year old child (Madushanka) were also among the victims killed in this attack and their bodies have been laid at the hospital, Kataragama sources further said.
A civilian has also succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit, Hambantota hospital sources said, adding that more civilian casualties are being received at the time of reporting.
