The equipment will be donated Tuesday by the Office of Antiterrorism Assistance at the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
The equipment consists of three Explosives Incident Countermeasures kits, two Post-Blast Investigation kits and two Hostage Negotiations kits which will be divided among the national police and the Special Task Force counter-terrorism unit.
It will be used in the island's campaign against the Tamil Tigers who have been listed as a terrorist outfit by the U.S.