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| Sri Lanka |
| At least 11 dead in Lanka boom |
| 2008-05-10 |
| A bombing in Sri Lanka has killed at least 11 people and wounded another 29, the military has said. The blast in a café in Ampara, about 350km from Colombo, the capital, came a day before the first local elections in the region in two decades. The government has blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for Friday's explosion, saying that it was an attempt to sabotage the elections and general development activities in the area. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, a military spokesman, said: "There has been an explosion in Ampara town a little while ago. Eleven civilians were killed and 29 injured. It is definitely by the LTTE." The LTTE did not immediately comment on the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred |