Rebels Kill 27 on Sri Lanka Bus
From Reuters
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
Tamil separatist guerrillas killed 27 people on a bus in eastern Sri Lanka today as the government grappled with continuing civil unrest in the south. Military sources said Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels ambushed the bus at Paniketiyawe in Trincomalee district, attacking it with bombs and rifle fire.
All the dead, including a soldier and policeman, were Sinhalese, Sri Lanka’s majority community. Three people were wounded and taken to a hospital in Anuradhapura, 60 miles away.
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