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Attempt to kill TNA MP and family
An attempt to kill TNA Batticaloa district Parliamentarian S. Jayanandamoorthy and his family failed on Friday night, Police said yesterday.
Two Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) were fired at the MP’s residence at Poompuhar in Batticaloa town, but the rockets did not directly hit the rooms where the MP, his wife and their two children were sleeping. The RPGs exploded on the roof which collapsed injuring a constable on guard duty. Batticaloa’s Senior Superintendent Maxi Procter said evidence indicated that four people had come on motorcycles around 9.15 p.m. and fired the RPGs which were aimed at the windows but hit the roof. Mr. Jayanandamoorthy, who survived an attempt on his life in 2004, told The Sunday Times that he believed that it was the Karuna faction that had attempted to kill him and his family. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission and the Army bomb disposal squad rushed to the scene for investigations while the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation.
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