Grenade misses EPDP buidling, damages civilian house

[TamilNet, Monday, 05 September 2005, 10:44 GMT]
Grenade lobbed by unidentified men targeting the Mannar district office of the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) Monday early morning hit the house of a civilian located adjacent to the EPDP office. The front portion of the house badly damaged. No one was hurt in this incident, Mannar Police said.

Mr.Innasimuthu Benedict, a retired prison official is the owner of the damaged house.

At that time of attack, three women were in the house, Police said.

A police team led by Superintendent of Police Mr.Tennekon rushed to site and inspected the damaged house.

A member of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) based in Mannar visited the site.