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probe guesthouse blast inNuwara Eliya Police said the explosion occurred when 23-year-old Ravindra Niroshana from Kohilawatte, Angoda accidentally touched two wires while he tried to take his mobile phone placed on a cupboard.The youth, who was among a group of holidaymakers who had checked in at the guesthouse on Friday, was undergoing surgery at the Nuwara Eliya hospital last evening. “The two wires were connected to an explosive device through a nine-volt battery and we believe it may have been left behind by the previous occupants of the room,” Assistant Superintendent W. M. Chandrapala said. He said bomb experts and STF personnel were summoned to the guesthouse at Mahagastota, on the Nuwara Eliya- Badulla road to carry out further investigations. Yesterday’s explosion came weeks after a police intelligence officer was killed in Nuwara Eliya by a gang believed to have been hired by the LTTE. The blast also caused panic among holiday makers with many of them cutting short their stay in this holiday resort, which witnessed several terrorist-related incidents prior to the ceasefire agreement in 2002. |
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