Three persons were injured in a bomb attack on an LTTE political office at Vairapuliyankulam, in the Vavunia district, yesterday (8). A cyclist passing by, in the early hours of the day, had lobbed a grenade at the office, Vavunia based security force sources said.

The incident is believed to be an extension of the attacks on the LTTE' Wanni faction by the breakwaway group led by Karuna Amman the sources said add-ing that it appeared that Karuna's forces had moved into the Wanni.

An LTTE source in the area, when contacted by 'The Island', declined to saywho was responsible for the attack but added the three persons injured in the attack were civilians who had come to the office to arrange for the commemoration day of a LTTE cadre who had died while on a protest fast in Jaffna.

None of the LTTE personnel attached to the Vairapuliyankulam office were injured, he said adding that the attack could have been carried out by a Karuna Amman loyalist but he was un able to say who the attacker was in the absence of any clues on the attack.