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Suicide bomber strikes again


By Nirupama Subramanian

COLOMBO, JUNE 14. A suicide bomber of the LTTE killed himself and two others and wounded seven, while attempting to ram an Air Force bus in a northern suburb of the capital today.

Police said the human bomb had intended to attack the bus at a busy junction in Wattala, 10 km from here. But he missed his target when a cycle got in his way, with the detonation killing the cyclist and a woman. Several others were wounded and some vehicles damaged. The windscreen of the bus got shattered. A Government statement said the bus occupants were not injured.

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