Escapes bid on life

COLOMBO, SEPT. 15. A senior Sri Lankan Minister escaped a possible assassination attempt in an LTTE suicide attack that left seven persons dead and 28 injured in central Colombo this morning.

The bomber, who was lurking at the main gates of a hospital, triggered a powerful explosion minutes after the convoy of the Minister for Helath, Mr. Nirmal Siripala De Silva, entered the compound of his office near the hospital, eye witnesses said.

Mr. De Silva said he was climbing the stairs of his office, when he heard the blast.

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