COLOMBO - Tamil Tiger rebels blew up an army bus in Sri Lanka’s capital on Thursday, killing at least one soldier, just hours after the guerrillas said they had stormed a naval base and killed 35 sailors.Initial investigations suggested that a Tiger suicide bomber on a rigged motorcycle had rammed into the army bus, but a police spokesman said the bomb could have been detonated by remote control. “We are now looking at the possibility that the motorcycle was placed by the side of the road and detonated as the bus passed,” the spokesman said from the scene of the blast, just outside the capital’s sea port.
National Hospital spokeswoman Pushpa Soysa said the driver of the bus died from his injuries and another soldier was in a critical condition. Four soldiers and three civilians were brought in for treatment following the blast.