Today's explosion once again shows the LTTE's brutality and lack of respect for human life," President
President Mahinda Rajapaka while expressing his deepest sympathies to the families of those killed, and offering the blessings of the Noble Triple Gem and all deities for the speedy recovery of all injured in the terrorist attack today in Katubedda said that this explosion once again shows the LTTE's brutality and lack of respect for human life.
Commending the increased public vigilance helped in averting the brutal terrorist attacks planned on civilians President said that, 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.
"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," issuing a statement President Rajapaksa said.
The statement said "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," President said in his condolence message
(Courtesy : Department of Information )