Explosion in Jaffna kills 1, injures another
One Person Was Killed And Another Injured As A Land Mine Blast Occurred In Jaffna.
A former member of the LTTE was killed on Sunday and another person injured in a land mine blast as they tried to enter a non-cleared area in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated northern province, the government said. The two were injured in the blast in Jaffna's Pallai area, the information department said.
Police said both victims work as fishermen and were attempting to use bombs, hidden from LTTE days, for fishing.The explosion took place while they were digging out a bomb, they said.
In another security breach, two policemen were injured when they were attacked by a group of people in Jaffna's Chunnakam area.Police said the two policemen were returning from the house of one of the two Tamil students killed in police firing in Jaffna on Friday.
Five policemen were remanded for the killing.The police said the two incidents were not linked and today's attack on the policemen was carried out by an extortionist gang.
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