 (KUNA) -- A claymore | A Tamil rebel was transporting the mine on a bicycle when it went off. |
mine explosion claimed the lives of five civilians and a suspected Tamil rebel who was carrying the mine in Northern Sri Lanka Sunday. A Tamil rebel was transporting the mine on a bicycle when it went off in Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka Sunday, news agency Indo-Asian News Service reported. The incident took place while the Sri Lankan Government and Tamil rebels were holding peace talks in Geneva in an attempt to resolve the decades old ethnic conflict in the Island nation. |