9:42 AM

LTTE Terrorists Attack Civilian Bus

LTTE terrorists carried out another cowardly attack at the civilians by targeting a civilian bus plying from Anuradhapura to Jankapura this evening. According to the available information the terrorists have detonated a roadside bomb around 8.15p.m at Abhimanpura, on the Kebithigollawa - Padaviya road. At least 15 civilians have been killed and 23 others injured as the fully packed bus was deliberately targeted by the terrorists. Correct deaths and casualty figures are yet be known.

Soldiers & civilians carry a victim of the land mine explosion to emergency room in Anuradapura, hospital about 200 kilometers northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007. A land mine explosion blamed on Tamil separatists tore through a passenger bus crowded with civilians in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, killing at least 15 people and wounding 23 others, the military said.