By KUNA
New Delhi : Sri Lankan Deputy minister for nation building D M Dassanayake Tuesday escaped an attempt on his life when his convoy was targeted by a claymore mine near capital Colombo.
The official and four others, were however, injured in the attack, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported quoting a Sri Lankan police official.
They have been shifted to a local hospital.
Dassanayake was traveling in his car when the mine exploded at Ja Ela, near Colombo. No body has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. Police have launched a search operation to locate the assailants.
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