Jurubicara militer, Mayor Upali Rajapaksa membenarkan peristiwa itu dan mengatakan, sasaran serangan itu kemungkinan kamp Chenkalady, salah satu kamp terbesar di bagian timur provinsi itu.
Military spokesman Major Upali Rajapaksa confirmed the incidentand said that the intended target was likely Chenkalady camp, one of the biggest in the eastern province.