| Sri Lanka - Bomb explosion near Hilton Hotel targets Police bus in Colombo, 9 killed, 85 wounded |
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A three-wheeler fitted with a bomb rammed into a bus carrying riot control police commandos, few hundred meters away from the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat, Friday noon, killing at least 9 persons, 7 policemen and 2 civilians, and injuring more than 50 policemen and 35 civilians. The explosion has taken place on Lotus Road inside the High Security area near the Hilton Hotel. 12 wounded policemen were in critical condition, according to medical sources in Colombo hospital.
The policemen were on their way to provide additional security as the swearing-in ceremony of the Eastern Province Chief Minister, postponed yesterday, was to take place, as scheduled earlier, Friday at 4:00 p.m. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan, the de-facto leader of the paramilitary-cum-political party, the TMVP, also known as Pillayan Group, was scheduled to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Province. Pillayan's group contested the elections, with widespread vote-rigging and ballot-stuffing, on ruling UPFA-ticket, affecting the ultimate result of the election. |
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