High-powered Bomb Found in Karadiyanaru

Posted on the 22 November 2022 by Frontpage
Law & Order Gayan Kumara Weerasinghe Tags:  Print Edition

An unexploded high-powered bomb dropped by the Air Force from a Kfir jet during the war was found in a house garden in Karadiyanaru. Karadiyanaru Police said that the bomb was found by the owner of the house while clearing the garden with a backhoe machine.

During the war, it has been revealed that there was a camp of the LTTE near the house.

Therefore, it is suspected that this bomb was dropped targeting that camp, Karadiyanaru Police said.

The bomb is about three and a half feet long and its diameter is about three and a half inches.

Police said that after finding the bomb, the matter was reported to Court and the Special Task Force took the bomb to a forest area and detonated it.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 – 01:00