07-07-2004, 11:31 AM
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Deadly blast in Sri Lanka capital</span>
The blast was in a zone where key official buildings are located
A bomb has exploded in a police station in a high security zone in Sri Lanka's capital, killing at least four people.
Police confirmed the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber who was taken to the station for questioning.
Suspicion has fallen on the Tamil Tiger rebels who on Monday remembered suicide fighters who died in the civil war.
But it is not clear whether the blast, in Colombo, was accidental or was a deliberate act aimed at ending the ceasefire with the government.
Since 1987 more than 240 rebels have died in suicide attacks as part of the Tigers' struggle for a Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka's north and east.
A ceasefire was signed in 2002, but peace efforts have since stalled.
Officials said the latest blast occurred in a high security zone where the British and American embassies and the prime minister's residence are located.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3872481.stm
The blast was in a zone where key official buildings are located
A bomb has exploded in a police station in a high security zone in Sri Lanka's capital, killing at least four people.
Police confirmed the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber who was taken to the station for questioning.
Suspicion has fallen on the Tamil Tiger rebels who on Monday remembered suicide fighters who died in the civil war.
But it is not clear whether the blast, in Colombo, was accidental or was a deliberate act aimed at ending the ceasefire with the government.
Since 1987 more than 240 rebels have died in suicide attacks as part of the Tigers' struggle for a Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka's north and east.
A ceasefire was signed in 2002, but peace efforts have since stalled.
Officials said the latest blast occurred in a high security zone where the British and American embassies and the prime minister's residence are located.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3872481.stm
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