Grenade attack on Sun TV's Lanka broadcast centre Thursday, June 2 2005 14:46 Hrs (IST) - World Time -
Colombo:
An Indian television channel's broadcast centre run by a Sri Lankan outfit was damaged in a grenade attack in a northern Sri Lankan town late on Wednesday night (Jun 1, 2005).
Unidentified attackers lobbed a grenade at the re-broadcast centre of Chennai-based Sun TV near Vavuniya, officials said.
Though no casualties were reported in the attack, transmission equipment was damaged in the explosion.
The centre was run by a pro-Tamil organisation. The motive behind the attack was not immediately clear.