Batticaloa TRO office attacked by unidentified men wtih a grenade.
[TRO News section, August 07, 2003 07:00 GMT]
Unidentified men who came in a motorbike hurled a grenade at the office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) in Mahiladi Veethi in Batticaloa Wednesday (06.08.2003) night around 8.20 p.m. The grenade fell inside the premises of the TRO office damaging a vehicle of the international demining organisation, Mine Advisory Group (MAG). The grenade was lobbed soon after the vehicle entered the TRO office. people were astounded because this attack occurred within the army's high security zone area.
Who is responsible for this attack is not known but people said "This is a impudent and discreditable attack, TRO is a registered NGO (Non-Government-Organization) - if NGO's do not have security, then how can people live in safety without fear".
On receipt of information about the attack, monitors of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission in Batticaloa, army and Police rushed to the site and conducted an investigation. The police started recording statements from the driver of the damaged vehicle and others of the TRO regarding the incident.
[TRO News section, August 07, 2003 07:00 GMT]
Unidentified men who came in a motorbike hurled a grenade at the office of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) in Mahiladi Veethi in Batticaloa Wednesday (06.08.2003) night around 8.20 p.m. The grenade fell inside the premises of the TRO office damaging a vehicle of the international demining organisation, Mine Advisory Group (MAG). The grenade was lobbed soon after the vehicle entered the TRO office. people were astounded because this attack occurred within the army's high security zone area.
Who is responsible for this attack is not known but people said "This is a impudent and discreditable attack, TRO is a registered NGO (Non-Government-Organization) - if NGO's do not have security, then how can people live in safety without fear".
On receipt of information about the attack, monitors of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission in Batticaloa, army and Police rushed to the site and conducted an investigation. The police started recording statements from the driver of the damaged vehicle and others of the TRO regarding the incident.
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