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Message: <blockquote data-quote="angeldreamz" data-source="post: 6257034" data-attributes="member: 219313">YAKANDAWALA - The last kick of his life...Y akandawala - The name itself portrays a man who can crush and bury even a devil - he was the duty conscious corporal of the Sri Lanka Army.A dare - devil motor cycle out-rider, hand picked to provide protection to the vehicle of Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army...K andyan warrior, born at Badupola in Ginigathena, on November 23, 1971, before enlisting the Army, he had his education at Central College, Ginigathena...A son of patriotic parents V. L. Wijithsena and Chandra Palamakumbura. He along with his two brothers had enriched the armed forces, as brave lads from Ginigathena...N ever in his life had he flinched in his duties, a father of three kids and the husband of a former member of the womens' brigade of the Army, his prime concern was the safety of his commander...D - Day was April 25, 2006, after getting a suicide bomber to infiltrate the vicinity of the Army Hospital, in the guise of a pregnant woman, to blast the vehicle of the commander...A battle hardened Army Chief, was on his way to his official residence barely hundred metres away, for lunch with the protection of motor cycle out-riders and back up vehicle...W hen the Black Tiger suicide bomber, inched her way towards the convoy to get closer to her prey - and blast herself to destroy the commander's vehicle...A t the very split second, Chaminda Ruwan Yakandawala, who was the left front motorcycle out-rider, sensed the imminent danger to his chief's life, and sprang into action...L anka's honour and the Army's prestige were at stake, he knew what the brutal outcome of a suicide attack would be. There was no other option but to stop the suicide bomber on her path, by whatever action...A nd he did it with dead accuracy, when he kicked the suicide bomber with his left leg, to throw her out of the way of the commander's vehicle - with what was going to be the last kick of his life.</blockquote>

Verification: Nawa warak dahaya keeyada? (Namaya wadi kireema dahaya)

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