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Policemen injured in Sri Lanka blast

V.S. Sambandan

COLOMBO: In continued violence in Sri Lanka's north-east, 20 policemen were injured in a grenade explosion in the Mannar district on Monday night, the army said.

Suspected LTTE cadres threw "two grenades at them when they were attending a routine lecture" in Pesalai. Last week, the Mannar police had recovered explosives from a suspected LTTE woman cadre, who was subsequently whisked away by LTTE cadres from a hospital.

Also on Monday, suspected LTTE cadres abducted a senior member of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Sinnathambi Ganesalingam (also known as Farook) in Vavuniya. Three suspects were arrested for their possible involvement.

There has been a consistent escalation of violence in the north-east over the last week.

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