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Sri Lanka |
13 killed in Sri Lankan fighting |
2006-12-03 |
![]() Forensic experts suggested the three-wheel rickshaw was fitted with eight to 10 kilograms of plastic explosives and packed with ball bearings which acted as pellets, he said. Two army bodyguards of Rajapakse died in the attack, which also wounded 15 people, including five civilians. The suicide bomberÂ’s body was found on the back of a pickup truck caught up in the powerful blast on the high-security Dharmapala Mawatha road. The head was destroyed beyond recognition, police said. Within hours of FridayÂ’s blast, two policemen were killed in a Claymore mine attack in northern Jaffna peninsula, police said, adding that troops killed eight Tiger rebels in two separate clashes in the restive east. A soldier was also killed in a Tiger grenade attack on troops in Jaffna on Friday, the defence ministry said. The violence came as NorwayÂ’s top envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer visited Colombo for talks with Sri Lankan leaders on reviving a stalled peace bid. Hanssen-Bauer is due to travel to the rebel-held north of the island Monday. Despite FridayÂ’s attack on defence secretary Rajapakse, the government said it was still committed to a peaceful solution to the three-decade-old Tamil separatist conflict. |
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