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At least 17 people including women and nine school children have been killed in a bus bomb attack in the north of Sri Lanka,
officials from the Catholic church say.
Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph told the BBC that the attack took place in an area controlled by the Tamil Tigers. The pro-rebel Tamilnet website said it was carried out by a deep penetration unit of the Sri Lankan army. This month the government formally pulled out of a truce, which rising violence had already effectively ended. The Sri Lankan military spokesman denied the army was responsible for the attack. Bishop Joseph said that victims of the attack - including people who have been wounded - have been taken to Pallamadu hopital, south-west of the town of Mannar. The bishop said that the bus was 1km away from Madu church, and had picked up children while travelling to Pallamadu when a claymore mine detonated. |
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India's frustration with Sri Lanka over Tamils