The Colombo High Court today sentenced two suspects who were cahrged in the attempted assassination of former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in1999 to 590 years running concurrently for 30 years each. The sentence was passed by High Court Judge Padmini Ranawaka. A third suspect was acquitted of all the charges since the prosecutors failed to prove her guilty. Thirty eight persons died and eighty persons were injured in the suicide attack. Foremr president Kumaratunga sustained injuries in the attack and lost one eye.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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