Grenade attack injures 10

23 May 2010 12:47 pm

At least 10 people were injured following a grenade attack on a house in Rakwana this evening, police spokesman Priyashantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online adding that the attack was a result of a personal dispute.

The attackers had lobbed the grenade into the house while the occupants were inside resulting in a blast which injured at least 10 people. The injured were rushed to the Rakwana hospital.

According to the police spokesman a long standing family dispute was believed to have been the cause of the attack and a special police team has been deployed to nab the suspects involved in the incident. (SD)