President returns to Sri Lanka

President returns to Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (Reuters): Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, returning home after treatment for wounds suffered in an assassination bid, said on Thursday she would probably lose her sight in one eye but vowed to pursue peace.

Government officials said she had resumed her duties after an absence of just over a week from the capital for treatment in London.

"The president returned to the island this (Thursday) morning," said Ariya Rubasinghe, director of the government information department.

Hours after being sworn in for a second six-year term last Wednesday, Kumaratunga flew to London to treat facial wounds she received in an attack by a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) woman suicide bomber at a campaign rally.