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| Two more killed in Sri Lanka violence | |
| 2006-05-04 | |
| COLOMBO - Two policemen were killed on Thursday in a grenade attack in northern Sri Lanka where a Claymore fragmentation mine also exploded but caused no casualties, officials said. The attack added to the some 200 people killed in the bloodiest month since a 2002 truce took effect between Tamil Tiger rebels and the government. The policemen died in Vavuniya district where a mine blast was also reported, police officials in the region, 260 kilometres (160 miles) north of here, said by telephone. The latest violence came two days after gunmen stormed the offices of the Uthayan newspaper in Jaffna, further north of Vavuniya, and killed a manager and another employee. Six people arrested in connection with the attack were freed on bail Wednesday.
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| Posted by:Steve |