Colombo: Sri Lankan Air Force chief, Air Marshal Roshan Goonetilleke, had a narrow escape when a bomb exploded in the heart of the capital city yesterday, minutes after he left the place, military officials said today.
The Air Force Commander had passed by the site of the blast in the Fort area of central Colombo, just minutes before a parcel bomb placed in a roadside public telephone booth went off, the officials were quoted as saying in media reports. Fitted with a timer, the blast left one person injured and caused some damage to a nearby building.
