Tiger
suicide bombers go high tech
COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels used electronic
devices to self-destruct suicide bombers and prevent their being identified in a failed
assassination bid that killed 29 people, officials said Tuesday. The
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrillas for the first time employed the
high-tech systems during Friday’s suicide attack the authorities believe was aimed at
a politician returning from parliament.
"The suicide bombers had activated a switch to set off the explosives
stuffed into their jackets to go off within an hour of launching the attack," an
official close to the investigation said. |
| Bombs are a frightening reality today. And
the Janatha Vimukithi Peramuna (JVP) which held a picketing and protest rally last week to
condemn what it termed, ‘Chadrika-Ranil-Norway secret talks’, was not prepared
to take any chances. Pictured here is a female JVP activist examining the handbag of a
participant as the fire-brands took precautions to search all those who attended the Hyde
Park meeting. (Picture by Jude Denzil Pathiraja) |
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