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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chamithal" data-source="post: 459971" data-attributes="member: 12499">Bomb blast hits civilian bus in Sri Lanka's east, killing 15 peopleAbout 15 civilians were killed and over 18 were injured as a private bus was blasted Monday by suspected Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka's east, defense officials said.The explosion occurred at about 12:10 p.m. (0640 GMT) near an Army road block in the island country's eastern Ampara district, said the military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe."The security forces suspect that the bomb would have been placed inside the bus by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) to deliberately target civilians," Samarasinghe said.The private bus was carrying passengers from Ampara to the Central provincial town of Badulla when it was caught in the blast.The incident came after the defense authorities blamed LTTE rebels for murdering at least six civilians in a construction site also in the Eastern Province.The construction workers, all from the majority Sinhala community were shot dead at Eravur in the Batticaloa district on Sunday night.Government troops and the LTTE are currently being locked in fierce battles in the north and east.More than 4,000 people have been killed since December 2005 despite a Norwegian-arranged truce in place.The LTTE has been fighting for an independent homeland for Sri Lanka's 12.5 percent Tamil minority since the 1970s. </blockquote>

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