Unidentified persons lobbed a bomb targeting the home of opposition Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka’s campaign manager on Friday as violence escalated with just four days left for the polls.
The bomb severely damaged the house of businessman and opposition member Tiran Alles in the Western Province and destroyed his car parked in the compound. But Alles and his family members escaped unhurt.
The house of Alles, who is the General Secretary of the SLFP Mahajana wing, caught fire after the attack. The fire brigade was called in to douse the flames, the Daily Mirror Online reported.
“The attackers are believed to have come in a van and carried out the attack and fled,” a police official at the scene said.
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