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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
A suicide bomber suspected of being part of the Tamil Tigers attacked a packed railroad station in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on Sunday, killing 11 people and wounding 92, the military said.
The blast came hours after a crude bomb went off in a zoo in the capital, wounding four visitors. The attacks came on the eve of the country’s celebration of its 60th anniversary of independence from Britain, its former colonial ruler.
The government accused the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of responsibility for both attacks. The rebels are fighting for an independent state in the northern and eastern parts of the island in a new and increasingly violent chapter of a 25-year civil war.
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A suicide bomber suspected of being part of the Tamil Tigers attacked a packed railroad station in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on Sunday, killing 11 people and wounding 92, the military said.
The blast came hours after a crude bomb went off in a zoo in the capital, wounding four visitors. The attacks came on the eve of the country’s celebration of its 60th anniversary of independence from Britain, its former colonial ruler.
The government accused the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of responsibility for both attacks. The rebels are fighting for an independent state in the northern and eastern parts of the island in a new and increasingly violent chapter of a 25-year civil war.
Read...