Sri Lanka - 9 killed in suicide bomb
- added February 03, 2008
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A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo today (Sunday) killing nine people and wounding around 100, the military said. The blast on the eve of ceremonies to mark the troubled island nation's 60th anniversary came hours after a crude bomb went off in a zoo in the capital wounding four visitors. Both attacks were blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam fighting for an independent homeland for minority Tamils in the north and east of the island.
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- mischabarrett
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Here is a timeline of the key events in Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war, since the Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, formed the Tamil New Tigers in 1972. Their aim is to create a separate Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The LTTE is currently proscribed as a terrorist organisation by 32 countries worldwide. The group have denied involvement in the latest spate of suicide bombings.
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- mischabarrett
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