SRI LANKA : Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Others, Hurts 50
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A Tamil suicide bomber with explosives strapped to her body leaped at a government minister’s motorcade in Jaffna city, killing a senior army commander and 20 other people. Nearly 50 people, including the minister, were wounded in the first major Tamil Tiger attack on the Jaffna peninsula since government forces captured the rebel stronghold seven months ago. The housing minister, Nimal Siripala de Silva, was slightly wounded when the bomber struggled toward him through a crowd as he got into his car.
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