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Sri Lankan Capital Explosions Suspected by Underworld Gangs 2006-1-25 13:38:50    CRIENGLISH.com Five explosions, which hit the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo late on Tuesday, were suspected by the underworld gangs behind the attacks, Daily Mirror said Wednesday. The blast were apparently not the work of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels, and were believed to be done by some underworld gangs who want to divert attention from the ongoing police crackdown on crime, a senior police investigators said. He pointed out that the type of low explosives used was not a trademark of the LTTE rebels. The five explosions took place in Colombo and suburbs between 8: 00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday with no reports of casualties or property damage, police said. The blast happened on the eve of a visit to the LTTE-held territory in the north by the Norwegian special peace envoy and the minister of International development, Erik Solheim. He is on a four-day visit to the island in his fresh attempt to help the government and the Tamil rebels kick start the stalled peace process. Solheim on Wednesday will meet the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran in what is promised to be a crucial meeting for the future of resolution of the ethnic separatist armed conflict. Early on Tuesday, two people were killed in the country's turbulent Eastern Province. A provincial reporter S.S. Rajan attached to a pro-Tamil Tiger newspaper Sudar Oli, a Tamil daily published from Colombo, was gunned down at around 7:45 a.m. local time (0145 GMT) in the eastern port town of Trincomalee. Elsewhere in the Eastern Province, a local council office employee was gunned down by an unidentified gunman at Muttur, the police said. More than 80 soldiers of government forces have died in several claymore mine attacks since December 2005 carried out by the LTTE rebels seriously endangering the Norwegian backed cease-fire. (Source: Xinhua)       Talk China     Print     Email     Recommend CRIENGLISH.com claims the copyright of all material and information produced originally by our staff. All rights reserved. Reproduction of text for non-commercial purposes only is permitted provided that both the source and author are acknowledged and a notifying email is sent to us. CRIENGLISH.com holds neither liability nor responsibility for materials attributed to any other source. Such information is provided as reportage and dissemination of information but does not necessarily reflect the opinion of or endorsement by CRI.

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