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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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