Sri Lanka's defence secretary, the brother of the country's president, narrowly escaped with his life today after a suicide bomber targeted a military convoy in which he was traveling through the heart of the island's capital. The audacious strike, by a suspected Tamil Tiger bomber, left at least two people dead and 15 wounded. Moments after the explosion police sprayed the site with bullets. It appears the bomber drove a rickshaw alongside the five-car convoy, carrying the defence secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, and detonated the device.
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