another attck!!!

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COLOMBO (AFP) - A powerful truck bomb exploded against a convoy carrying navy personnel in Sri Lanka's northeast, killing or wounding at least 50 people, police said.

The blast occurred at Digampathana village where personnel were gathering before moving into the neighbouring coastal district of Trincomalee, police said on Monday.

Hospitals in the area were alerted to receive dozens of victims, police said, adding that a suicide bombing was suspected.


:( :( :( May the heroic sailors rest in peace
 

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    Sakala sirin piri siri lankawe
    this is from www.defence.lk;

    LTTE suicidal vehicle attacks the naval Convoy- Habarana

    [October 16, 2006]

    LTTE terrorists rammed the naval convoy at Digampatana in Habarana with an explosive laden vehicle around 1.30p.m today.

    A huge explosion has occurred causing severe destruction to both naval personnel and the civilians in the area.

    According to the latest information available at least 67 people were killed and over 60 people suffered serious injuries in the explosion.
     

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    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- More than 90 Sri Lankan sailors were killed Monday afternoon when an explosives-laden truck rammed into their convoy, Defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told CNN.

    "These men were all unarmed. This is a deliberate barbaric terrorist attack," he said.

    The incident took place at Habarana, about 150 miles from Colombo in the central section of the island nation.

    Naval personnel from the northeastern port city of Trincomalee were headed for leave. They were going to change buses at a transfer station with others who had just ended their leave.

    Witnesses said bodies were strewn across the scene of the incident. A navy official accused Tamil Tiger rebels of carrying out the suicide attack.

    The latest attack comes as foreign mediators struggle to keep alive the four-year old Norwegian-brokered cease-fire which has unraveled amid clashes that have killed at least 1,000 combatants and more than 100 civilians since July.

    The Tamil rebels began fighting in 1983 for a separate homeland in the north and east for Sri Lanka's largest ethnic minority. They have suffered defeats on both fronts in the recent escalation and vowed to retake land lost to the government forces.
     

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    nEoN_wHitE said:
    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- More than 90 Sri Lankan sailors were killed Monday afternoon when an explosives-laden truck rammed into their convoy, Defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told CNN.

    "These men were all unarmed. This is a deliberate barbaric terrorist attack," he said.

    The incident took place at Habarana, about 150 miles from Colombo in the central section of the island nation.

    Naval personnel from the northeastern port city of Trincomalee were headed for leave. They were going to change buses at a transfer station with others who had just ended their leave.

    Witnesses said bodies were strewn across the scene of the incident. A navy official accused Tamil Tiger rebels of carrying out the suicide attack.

    The latest attack comes as foreign mediators struggle to keep alive the four-year old Norwegian-brokered cease-fire which has unraveled amid clashes that have killed at least 1,000 combatants and more than 100 civilians since July.

    The Tamil rebels began fighting in 1983 for a separate homeland in the north and east for Sri Lanka's largest ethnic minority. They have suffered defeats on both fronts in the recent escalation and vowed to retake land lost to the government forces.
    THANKS MACAHN I CHECKED CNN EARLIER BUT IT WASN'T THERE!