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Suspect of Kebithigollewa bus bombing receives five year sentence
Oct 24, 201304:25 PM
A former LTTE member and suspect of the claymore bomb attack on a bus in Kebithigollewa in 2006, which claimed the lives of 68 persons, was sentenced to five years in prison by the Anuradhapura High Court after he entered a guilty plea.
The suspect was accused of signaling the terrorist outfit while atop a tree during the attack. He pleaded guilty to the charge when the case was taken up at courts today (October 24). However, no charges of attempted murder or accomplice to a murder were brought against the suspect.
The attack occurred on June 13, 2006 in the Yakawewa area in Kebithigollewa when a SLTB bus was attacked with claymores by the LTTE which killed 68 persons and injured another 65.
