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| Casualties in Sri Lanka explosion | |
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| A blast near the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, has left at least five people dead, reports say. | |
| The blast targeted a truck carrying police commandos near the suburb of Ratmalana, military spokesman Lt Col Upali Rajapakse said. | The blast targeted a truck carrying police commandos near the suburb of Ratmalana, military spokesman Lt Col Upali Rajapakse said. |
| He blamed the separatist Tamil Tigers for the attack. More than 20 people were taken to hospital. | He blamed the separatist Tamil Tigers for the attack. More than 20 people were taken to hospital. |
| Despite an official ceasefire, Sri Lanka has been sliding back towards civil war. | Despite an official ceasefire, Sri Lanka has been sliding back towards civil war. |
| 'Claymore mine' | |
| More than 4,000 people have been killed since late 2005. | More than 4,000 people have been killed since late 2005. |
| "It looks like a Claymore mine was placed on the roof of a roadside shop and detonated with a remote controlled device as the truck passed," a police officer at the scene was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. | |
| The commandos had been travelling from a training base at Katukurunda, the agency said. | |
| They were travelling to an airbase at Ratmalana used to ferry troops and equipment to the fighting in the north of the country. | |
| Last Thursday, an explosion also blamed on the Tamil Tigers in Colombo killed one soldier and injured six other people. | Last Thursday, an explosion also blamed on the Tamil Tigers in Colombo killed one soldier and injured six other people. |