I heard a big sound is it a bomb blast ? await for updates
A bus bomb explosion was reported near the 'Horton place', Colombo a short while ago at around 1.50p.m.
According to available information, the bomb has exploded inside a public transportation bus(SLTB) plying from - Moratuwa - Mattakkuliya (Route No:155). No civilian fatalities were reported due to the explosion, Colombo National Hospital sources said, adding that 4 people have been admitted due to shock caused by the explosion.
Commuters are here advised to use alternative routes to avoid heavy traffic, Police said.
Passengers have immediately got-off the bus and reached safety distance after bomb fear raised of an unattended parcel inside the bus, our correspondent said citing civilian sources. "The bomb has exploded within minutes" the sources further said.
No doubt this explosion marks another LTTE attempt to cause mayhem in the island's capital targeting innocent civilians, when it is facing fierce assaults by the security forces in the Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu districts.
Await more information.
කලා භවන ආසන්නයේ බස් රථයක පිපිරීමක්
සැප්. 16 - කොළඹ 7, කලා භවන ආසන්නයේ පිපිරිමක් සිදු විය. ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලයට අයත් බස් රථයක් තුළ මෙම පිපිරීම සිදුවී ඇති බව පොලිස් හදිසි ඇමතුම් ඒකකය ප්*රකාශ කළේය.
කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලේ හදිසි අනතුරු අංශයේ අධ්*යක්ෂ වෛද්*ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ මහතා පැවසුවේ, පිපිරීමෙන් තුවාල ලැබූ පුද්ගලයෙකු ජාතික රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කළ බවය.
බෝම්බය පුපුරා ගොස් ඇත්තේ, ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලයට අයත් මාර්ග අංක 155 මොරටුව - මට්ටක්කුලිය බස් රථයක් තුළය.
බස් රථයේ රියැදුරුවරයා පැවසුවේ, සැක කටයුතු පාර්සලයක් තිබීම හේතුවෙන් ඒ පිළිබඳව ආරක්ෂක අංශ වෙත දැනුම් දුන් පසු බස් රථයේ සිටි මගීන් සියලු දෙනා ඉන් බැස්ස වූ බවය.
An explosion went off inside a bus at Horton Place Colombo 7 causing damages to the bus, Police said.
So far four person injured has been rushed to hospital. Three of them had coplained of hearing problems.
The conductor of the bus had spotted an unattended parcel and told people to get off and soon aftter the people got off the explosion had gone off.
The bus was plying on the 155 bus route toward Mattakkuliya.
defence.lk
Bomb explosion near Horton place
[September 16 2008]
A bomb explosion was reported near the 'Horton place', Colombo a short while ago at around 1.50p.m. According to available information casualties are yet to be reported. Await more information.
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That was a blast with big sound. Near to my office I heard it...
In a CTB Bus at Horton Place according to unofficial sources
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සැප්. 16 : ප.ව.01.55 - කොළඹ හෝර්ටන් පෙදෙස අසල පිපිරීමක්. තොරතුරු බලාපොරොත්තුවන්න
A bus bomb explosion was reported near the 'Horton place', Colombo a short while ago at around 1.50p.m.
According to available information, the bomb has exploded inside a public transportation bus(SLTB) plying from - Moratuwa - Mattakkuliya (Route No:155). No civilian fatalities were reported due to the explosion, Colombo National Hospital sources said, adding that 4 people have been admitted due to shock caused by the explosion.
Commuters are here advised to use alternative routes to avoid heavy traffic, Police said.
Passengers have immediately got-off the bus and reached safety distance after bomb fear raised of an unattended parcel inside the bus, our correspondent said citing civilian sources. "The bomb has exploded within minutes" the sources further said.
No doubt this explosion marks another LTTE attempt to cause mayhem in the island's capital targeting innocent civilians, when it is facing fierce assaults by the security forces in the Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu districts.
Await more information.
කලා භවන ආසන්නයේ බස් රථයක පිපිරීමක්
සැප්. 16 - කොළඹ 7, කලා භවන ආසන්නයේ පිපිරිමක් සිදු විය. ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලයට අයත් බස් රථයක් තුළ මෙම පිපිරීම සිදුවී ඇති බව පොලිස් හදිසි ඇමතුම් ඒකකය ප්*රකාශ කළේය.
කොළඹ ජාතික රෝහලේ හදිසි අනතුරු අංශයේ අධ්*යක්ෂ වෛද්*ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ මහතා පැවසුවේ, පිපිරීමෙන් තුවාල ලැබූ පුද්ගලයෙකු ජාතික රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කළ බවය.
බෝම්බය පුපුරා ගොස් ඇත්තේ, ලංකා ගමනාගමන මණ්ඩලයට අයත් මාර්ග අංක 155 මොරටුව - මට්ටක්කුලිය බස් රථයක් තුළය.
බස් රථයේ රියැදුරුවරයා පැවසුවේ, සැක කටයුතු පාර්සලයක් තිබීම හේතුවෙන් ඒ පිළිබඳව ආරක්ෂක අංශ වෙත දැනුම් දුන් පසු බස් රථයේ සිටි මගීන් සියලු දෙනා ඉන් බැස්ස වූ බවය.
An explosion went off inside a bus at Horton Place Colombo 7 causing damages to the bus, Police said.
So far four person injured has been rushed to hospital. Three of them had coplained of hearing problems.
The conductor of the bus had spotted an unattended parcel and told people to get off and soon aftter the people got off the explosion had gone off.
The bus was plying on the 155 bus route toward Mattakkuliya.
defence.lk
Bomb explosion near Horton place
[September 16 2008]
A bomb explosion was reported near the 'Horton place', Colombo a short while ago at around 1.50p.m. According to available information casualties are yet to be reported. Await more information.
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That was a blast with big sound. Near to my office I heard it...
In a CTB Bus at Horton Place according to unofficial sources
nj542 said:nobody injured............
all the ppl in the bus has been get out of the bus after noticing suspected parcel........
nj542 said:
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සැප්. 16 : ප.ව.01.55 - කොළඹ හෝර්ටන් පෙදෙස අසල පිපිරීමක්. තොරතුරු බලාපොරොත්තුවන්න
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