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| Sri Lanka |
| Suicide blast in Colombo kills 21 |
| 2008-06-07 |
| There has been yet another bomb attack in the Sri Lankan capital by the LTTE which killed 21 and injured 47. This was the second attack on Colombo's public transport system in three days. On Wednesday, 18 passengers were wounded when a commuter train came under attack. Most of the killed and injured in Friday's blast were civilians. The blast comes in the backdrop of a bloody battle between the Sri Lankan military and the Tamil Tigers in the country's north for the past six months. The Tamil rebels have been fighting for a separate homeland since 1983. They have responded to the Sri Lankan military's push for a total victory in the north by attacking civilian targets in majority Sinhalese areas. The government has tightened security in the capital but more attacks are expected in coming weeks as the conflict in the north intensifies. |
| Posted by:Fred |