| Two Sri Lankan policemen were killed and three others were wounded along with a civilian passer-by in two separate attacks Wednesday by separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern garrison town of Vavuniya, the military said. Military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe blamed the rebels for both attacks. In the first incident, suspected rebels fatally shot a policeman. About three hours later, a roadside bomb exploded near a police jeep, killing one police officer and injuring three others, Samarasinghe said. A nearby civilian was also wounded, he said. One of the injured policemen was in critical condition, local police officer HM Jayathilake said. |