2 Rebel Blasts Rattle Sri Lanka, Kill at Least 17

Suicide bomber kills 1 in assassination try; bomb explodes by store
By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 28, 2007 7:25 AM CST
2 Rebel Blasts Rattle Sri Lanka, Kill at Least 17
Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard at the site of a bomb attack, outside a ministry building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. A female suicide bomber disguised as an office worker blew herself up in the heart of Colombo on Wednesday, killing one person in an apparent attempt to assassinate...   (Associated Press)

A blast in a suburb of Sri Lanka's capital killed at least 16 outside a popular restaurant during rush hour today, while earlier a female suicide bomber killed a bystander when she blew herself up in the offices of a Cabinet minister. The military blamed both attacks on the rebel Tamil Tigers, the AP reports, saying they bear "all the hallmarks of the (Tigers). It is nobody else."

The Tigers' leader yesterday in a radio speech accused the government of having "shut fast the door to peace," while government forces dropped 12 bombs on the Tigers' radio station to try to prevent the broadcast. The separatists claimed that 10 people, 7 of them civilians, died in the air raid. (More Sri Lanka stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X