Oct 06, Colombo: United States today issuing a media communiqu condemned today's terrorist attack in Anuradhapura that claimed the lives of Major General (retired) Janaka Perera and Dr. Raja Johnpulle and their spouses.

"We express our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and the people of Sri Lanka. The United States denounces this reprehensible attack on civilians. Its perpetrators have advanced no cause other than to bring further suffering to the people of Sri Lanka. Only a political solution, not further violence, can provide a way forward to ending the country's deadly conflict."

"Major General Perera led a distinguished career in the armed forces of Sri Lanka and subsequently as a diplomat in Australia and Indonesia. Dr. Johnpulle, a medical practitioner and the district manager of the United National Party for Anuradhapura, served his country as a diplomat in the former Soviet Union," stated US Embassy in Sri Lanka.