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| Sri Lanka |
| 20 Killed in Sri Lanka Bus Blast |
| 2008-02-02 |
| A bomb tore through a bus packed with civilians in central Sri Lanka Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding 50 others, the military said. The blast inside the bus occurred at 7 a.m. in Dambulla, a town about 90 miles northeast of the capital, Colombo, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara, blaming separatist Tamil Tiger rebels. The bus traveling to the north-central town of Anuradhapura was stopped in Dambulla when the blast occurred, Nanayakkara said. Spokesmen for the rebels could not immediately be reached for comment. But the group, listed as a terror organization by the U.S. and European Union, routinely denies responsibility for such attacks. "They (the rebels) are targeting innocent civilians as they are facing defeats in the battle front," said Chandrapala Liyanage, a spokesman for President Mahinda Rajapaksa. |
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