Two SLTB buses stoned and shot at in Thanthirimale
A group of unidentified people had opened fire after pelting stones at two Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses which were transporting people from Puttalam to Silawathura at Thanthrimale this morning, police said.
A group of unidentified people had opened fire after pelting stones at two Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses which were transporting people from Puttalam to Silawathura at Thanthrimale this morning, police said.
They said both buses were attacked with stones first and then the attackers had open fire at the buses at the Bogoda area in Thanthirimale, Anuradhapura.
No injuries were reported, police said.
The two SLTB buses belonged to the Kurunegala bus depot.
Police said additional police units have been deployed and the road that was obstructed with burnt tires had been cleared.
Meanwhile, the Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) also reported that a convoy of buses carrying voters being obstructed by burnt tires, pelted by stones and shot at by unidentified persons, in Thanthrimale in Anuradhapura.
(Source: Daily Mirror)
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Very strange! Buses stoned, shot-at, but not a scratch to anyone! How very strange that the attackers appear to have just melted away, despite the heightened police/security forces presence everywhere and that even the beggars in SL today have mobile phones, phones that can be used to call the police instantly! After the ‘white van kidnapper/driver’ staging, printing of slanderous/fake information about Gota (some instances busted by the police based on info given by the public), I would not put it past the staging-director of those events to be behind this too.