Bomb Kills 10, Injures 100 in Sri Lanka
A bomb exploded Wednesday in the government’s central telegraph office in downtown Colombo, and officials said at least 10 people died and about 100 were injured.
Authorities initially blamed the blast on Tamil separatists, but a man who called the Associated Press in London said he represents an outlawed Sinhalese group that is claiming responsibility.
“We did it because we haven’t had elections for the past nine years,” said the caller, who claimed to represent the leftist People’s Liberation Front.
In Colombo, police commandeered vehicles to take the wounded to hospitals and sealed off the area around the telegraph office, in a complex housing the nation’s Post and Telecommunications Ministry.
On Saturday, a bomb exploded on an Air Lanka jetliner at Colombo airport, killing 15 people.
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