A 15-year-old school student residing in Aladeniya, Kandy has been seriously injured after kicking a ‘Hakka Patas’ (a ball shaped locally improvised explosive).
The teen had been returning home from school when he had seen a ball-like object beside the road and kicked it.
He had sustained grievous injuries to his leg.
Subsequently, police had initiated a search operation in the area and arrested two suspects with 9 such explosives.
The suspects are aged 25 and 27 years. It has now been revealed that one of them is an army deserter.
