SRI LANKA: Suicide attack kills minister's aide

Record ID: 359296

  • Title: SRI LANKA: Suicide attack kills minister's aide
  • Date: 28th November 2007
  • Summary: (BN06) COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (NOVEMBER 28, 2007) (REUTERS) BOMB SITE SOLDIERS GUARDING OFFICE MILITARY TRUCK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING SIGN OF MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND SOCIAL WELFARE SOLDIER STANDING GUARD SOLDIER INSIDE GUARD ROOM ABOVE THE GATES CLOSED GATES INVESTIGATOR WALKING OUT SOLDIERS STANDING OUTSIDE POLICE STANDING GUARD ON THE ROAD A MAN STA
  • Embargoed: 13th December 2007 12:00
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  • Location: Sri Lanka
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAEJVL9S2N75QTGOBBG6GGTYPLZ
  • Story Text: A suicide bomber blows herself up near the office of a minority Tamil minister in the Sri Lankan capital, killing his personal secretary.
    A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up near the office of a minority Tamil minister in the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday (November 28), killing his personal secretary, officials said. Two other people were wounded in the blast, one seriously, but no senior officials were hurt, a hospital official said. It was the latest in a series of rebel attacks. The blast occurred near the office of Douglas Devananda, Minister for Social Welfare and a former militant. He once fought alongside the Tigers before turning to politics in the 1980s. Devananda has escaped several assassination bids by the rebels. The blast was strong and could be heard a few streets away. "I head an explosion around 8.15 in the morning. Debris fell on my roof. Then I heard people shouting and saw injured people been taken away," said Rangana Peiris, a security guard. According to an officer of the elite police Special Task Force, who asked not to be named, the body of a female member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide cadre was found at the scene. The LTTE was not immediately available for comment on the attack. Wednesday's attack came a day after Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran made an annual address in which he accused the international community of pandering to the government and said he had no hope of a political settlement with the state to end the civil war.
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