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Remembering Corporal Yakandawala

Janaka Yagirala

April 25, 2006 was a critical day for our nation. It was the day the epitome of evil (and cowardice), Velupillai Prabakaran sent a pregnant (subsequent investigations suggest otherwise) suicide bomber to assassinate Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka. It was one man who stood between the two, the great hero Corporal Yakandawala who from his motorbike, kicked the suicide bomber in the nick of time to save Gen. Fonseka.

He lost his life in the subsequent blast, but his simple action reached far and wide. It paved way to the liberation of the entire eastern province and today our valiant soldiers have carved their way into the jungles of Mooladuwa (Mulaitivu) starting off with the capture of Munnagam Base. The cowardly LTTE have been left with no other option but to run at the face of our valiant soldiers, bomb innocent civilians, concoct bogus human rights abuses and beg on all fours to foreign governments to intervene.

Corporal Yakandawala's sacrifice brings back the memory of the Hasalaka Hero, Corporal Gamini Kularatne, who on July 14, 1991 selflessly dispatched an LTTE bulldozer and saved the lives of 600 soldiers of the Alimankada (Elephant Pass) Camp.

Let this valiant hero be alive in our hearts for generations to come!

 

 

 

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