12 Killed, 17 Injured in Sri Lanka Bus Blast

By Dan Keane
13:59, February 4th 2008
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12 Killed, 17 Injured in Sri Lanka Bus Blast

A bomb attack on a civilian bus in northeast Sri Lanka on Monday killed at least 12 people, the army officials said.

The blast happened just hours after a large military parade held under tight security in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, to mark the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain.

The army officials believe there is a connection between the bomb attack and Tamil Tiger rebels.

"It was a Tamil Tiger claymore mine targeting a civilian bus in Weli-oya. Twelve were killed and 17 admitted to hospital," a military spokesman said, according to Reuters.

Today’s blast is the latest in a series of bomb attacks blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the rebel group fighting to create an independent state in the island’s north and east.

Just yesterday, twelve people were killed and other 100 injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself at the main railway station in Colombo. Most of the victims were students. The government blamed the Tamil rebels for the attack, which was aimed at civilians in the crowded station.

On Sunday morning, a grenade exploded at the Sri Lanka’s zoo, leaving six people injured.

On Saturday, almost 18 people were killed when a bomb exploded on a bus, in the town of Dambulla, 90 miles, northeast of Colombo. Other 68 were injured and were hospitalized.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been blamed for over 240 suicide attacks.



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