Full Video of LTTE Suicide Attack on Jeyaraj Fernandopulle

Sri Lanka's Tamil ethnic Minister of Highways & Road Development, Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, was killed in a suicide bomb blast by a LTTE terrorist at the public playground in Weliweraya, located in the Gampaha district of Western Province, around 8:00 a.m. Sunday(06). 12 persons were killed and more than 50 wounded in the attack that took place while the minister was waving a flag to start off a marathon race in connection with the Tamil and Sinhala New Year celebrations.

An athletic coach attached to the sports ministry, Luxman de Alvis, former Sri Lankan cyclist champion Karunaratne, and a police officer were also killed in the blast, according to initial reports.

The 55-year-old minister, who is also the chief government whip of the Sri Lankan parliament, has been elected to Sri Lankan parliament for five consecutive terms.

3 days ago, Mr. Fernandopulle led the ruling UPFA delegation in Trincomalee to field candidates for the upcoming Eastern Provincial Elections in which he had curtailed the number of nominees of paramilitary-cum-political party TMVP, from five to two, for the Trincomalee district.

He was a close associate of the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and played a key role in strengthening Sri Lanka's relationship with Iran since 2006, when he was the the minister of trade, commerce, consumer affairs and marketing development.

He was affluent in Sinhala, English and Tamil languages and functioned as a propaganda spokesman for the UPFA government.

Police claimed that the blast was caused by a suicide attacker, charging that the LTTE was behind the attack.

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• LTTE
• Terrorist
• Suicide
• Bomb
• Tamil
• Jeyaraj
• Fernandopulle
• Tamileelam

[MrWompz]

thats awful!

[phongbong]

what the fucks up with sri lanka?

[TheMrbenjamin72]

2:07 head?

[DJFG85]

You think this is bad? I heard the LTTE suicide bombing that killed Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi was 10x worse. A woman was carrying 5 sticks of plastic explosives on her back surrounded by 10,000 iron pellets. She bends down to touch his feet as a show of respect and blows herself up. Gandhi's face and body take the majority of the force. The bomber's body and the Gandhi literally exploded and so did 17 other people.

[jkremlin]

@maheshbabu91989 hmmmmmmmmm. i heard you lost the fight. u all can try buying a piece of freedom

[maheshbabu91989]

this our freedom fight

[phongbong]

@DJFG85 I did.... 2 years ago after I left this comment while I was drunk.........

[DJFG85]

@phongbong It's a war. Shit happens. Get over it.

[veeman37]

Fuck this rat bastard. That's what he gets for being a bitch of rajapakse and befriending iran. Iran and sri lsnkan state terrorism will end. Rajapakse, are you watching what is happening to gaddafi, another of your pals?

[NonsensicalHandle]

@vintagemusick It's the head of the bomber.

[sithhhhhh]

@phongbong the longest civil war in history with the strongest terrorist group in the world (who fyi were the first to use suicide bombing as a fighting tactic and were the ones who taught the taliban to use it as well) was what the fuck was up >.>

[zabaneatash]

wat a fuck