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| Six civilians, sailor killed in explosion in Northeast Sri Lanka |
| 2006-05-02 |
| KUNA -- At least six civilians and a sailor from the Sri Lankan Navy were killed in an explosion in the port city of Trincomalee in Northeast Sri Lanka Monday. In capital Colombo, all May Day gatherings were cancelled following the explosion, news agency Indo-Asian News Service reported. The Sri Lankan Army has held Tamil rebels responsible for the attack, the agency further reported. The latest attack has further strained the already fragile ceasefire between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka government. Peace talks between the two scheduled for the April end in Geneva were postponed indefinitely after the LTTE pulled out. More than 300 people, at least half of them civilians, have been killed since the beginning of the year as a result of land mines or in other attacks, the agency reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |