A LTTE suspect was today sentenced to 20-year-rigorous imprisonment by a Sri Lankan court which found him guilty of aiding and abetting the conspiracy to detonate a suicide bomb at the Colombo's main railway station in 2008 that killed 12 people and injured over 100.
Handing down a sentence against accused Kanagasabei Dewadasan alias Nadan, Colombo High Court Judge Piyasena Ranasinghe observed that the prosecution has proven the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.
The attack was carried out on February 3, 2008 by a female suicide bomber belonging to LTTE.
She blew herself up during rush hour on platform number three of the Fort Railway Station.
The bombing killed 12 people including eight school children of D.S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach.
The accused had been charged under section 3(b) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
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