LTTE plan to launch air raids on city uncovered

By Yohan Perera
An LTTE plan to launch air raids in Colombo by bringing in dismantled aircraft and assembling them in Yatiyantota in the Kegalle area has been uncovered by police.

SSP Yatiyantota Wilfred Mahanayake made this disclosure at a workshop held to educate the estate sector in the area on security. He also noted the air force had noticed some mysterious aircraft flying in the area before and asked people to report any such activity to the police. The workshop was jointly organized by the Police and Caritas SL, the social service arm of the Catholic Church.

Mr. Mahanayake also pointed out the Yatiyantota- Colombo road had become a key route used by the LTTE to bring explosives in to Colombo. He therefore requested estate workers to be vigilant and inform the police of any suspicious movement of strangers coming into the area and any suspicious objects. He said disasters come in many forms and people should be ready in order to avoid them.

Minister of Science and Technology and Chairman of the All Party Representatives Committee (APRC) Tissa Vitharana said the TMVP will also be a part of its next session which will be held shortly. He said all other parties which did not participate earlier will also be invited. He was confident that the Committee would be able to come up with a solution to the crisis taking place in the country. The Minister also reminisced the very first sessions of the APRC was also stormy and he had thought that was going to be the first and last meeting they would hold. “However we were able to hold 75 sessions since then and make good progress,” he added

The workshop was organized following the discovery of C4 explosives at a line room in an estate located in Yatiyantota area recently.