Bomber came as a marathon runner

The LTTE suicide cadre who targeted Minister Fernandopulle had come in the guise of a marathon runner participating at the New Year sports event, Weliweriya police said. Over ten people have reportedly been killed in the blast.
Sri Lanka’s former marathon runner K.A. Karunaratne is also among those killed in the Weliweriya bomb blast this morning. Karu represented Sri Lanka at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
National Athletic coach Lakshaman De Alwis is among those who got killed in the bomb attack that killed Minister Fernandopulle ’.