Chaminda Ruwan Yakandawala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan siolder
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Place of Birth: Matale, Central Province, Sri Lanka
About Chaminda Ruwan Yakandawala
- Sergeant Yakandawala Liyanarachchige Chaminda Ruwan Yakandawala was a Sri Lankan soldier.
- A member of the Sri Lanka Army Military Police he was selected to serve in the Security Division of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Sarath Fonseka.
- On April 25, 2006, he blocked the path of a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber tasked with assassinating Fonseka.
- Unable to proceed, the suicide bomber detonated the explosives strapped around her waist, killing Yakandawala and eight others in the process.
- Yakandawala's quick actions however saved the life of Sarath Fonseka, who would go on to play a crucial role in the ultimate defeat of the Tamil Tigers and the ending of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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