| Akuressa suicide bombing | |
| Location: | Akuressa, Sri Lanka |
| Date: | March 10, 2009 |
| Type: | Suicide bombing |
| Fatalities: | 14[1] |
| Injuries: | 35 |
On 10 March 2009, a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber caused an explosion at a religious parade near Godapitiya Jumma mosque in Akuressa, Matara in southern Sri Lanka, killing 14 and injuring 35 civilians.[2] [3] Several government ministers were among the injured including oil resource minister A. H. M. Fowzie, telecommunication minister Mahinda Wijesekara,[4] Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Pandu Bandaranaike, Chandrasiri Gajadeera, and Ali Ameer. Also, there were few local politicians among the dead.[5] [6]
As a result of the police investigations on the incident, the LTTE suicide bomber was identified as Senthamil by his girlfriend at the Matara Hospital mortuary.[7]
The explosion was caught on a video footage filmed by a local resident.[8]