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A suicide bombing in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, has killed at least five members of the paramilitary civil defence force, military officials said. | |
The bomber hit a checkpoint near a market in Wattala, a suburb of Colombo, the officials said. | |
No group has claimed to have carried out the attack, but it follows heavy fighting between Tamil Tiger rebels and the army in the north of Sri Lanka. | |
The Sri Lankan navy says it has sunk a boat carrying supplies to the rebels. | |
The attack in Colombo took place hours later. | |
"A suicide cadre has gone inside a civil defence force post in Wattala and exploded himself," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. "Due to the explosion five civil defence force people were killed and four others injured." | |
The army says it is nearing victory in the 25-year war with the separatist Tiger Tamils, as they close in on the key rebel-held town of Kilinochchi. |