Piliyandala blast kills 24

Twenty four (24) passengers were killed and 40 others injured in the Piliyandala blast, the Police said. The injured are being treated at Piliyandala, Kalubowila and Colombo National hospitals.Kalubowila hospital said that 12 bodies had been brought to the hospital and 38 injured were admitted so far.
Meanwhile the government says LTTE terrorists have carried out a cowardly bomb attack targeting innocent civilians who were returning home after office hours at Pliyandala this evening. According to the police sources, the bomb has been exploded inside a Ceylon Transport Board bus at Piliyandala public bus stand.
The explosion occurred when the bus just taken out from the stand for moving its destination, Kahapola, sources further said.

LTTE is a ruthless terrorist outfit notorious for committing crimes against innocent civilians. In its pursuit for a mono ethnic separate homeland for Tamils, the outfit has killed and maimed over tens and innocent people in routine bus bombing , train bombing, village massacres and etc.