Blast shakes Lankan capital, four dead: Officials

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Reuters

Posted online: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 at 12:00:00

Colombo, January 2: A loud blast shook the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday near a small downmarket hotel, killing four people and wounding 20, a senior hospital official said.

"Twenty people were admitted to hospital with blast wounds. Four people were killed, including two soldiers," said Anil Jasinghe, director of the National Hospital in Colombo.

Police said an army bus had been passing a busy junction the modest Nippon Hotel sits on at the time of the blast. Both the air force and army headquarters are in the same quarter of the city.

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Poor Tamil people are persecuted by the majority. by Anand Babu on 02 Jan 2008

Rajapakse is powerless. He cannot maintain law and order under his nose. Yesterday a Tamil MP killed inside the temple. Today bomb blast. In this circumsatnce he is claiming victory over Prabhakaran. Better he remember "Bite only what you can chew". The Sri Lankan govt is doing ethnic cleaning. God knows what is in store for them.

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