Blast in Sri Lankan capital kills 4

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Source: AP

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying wounded soldiers in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, the military said.

The blast killed one soldier and three civilian passers-by, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. Dr. Anil Jasinghe at Colombo National Hospital confirmed there were four fatalities.

Nanayakkara said Tamil Tiger rebels were suspected of detonating the bomb, which had been planted opposite a small hotel and was targeting a bus that was heading to the hospital with soldiers who had been wounded in battles with the insurgents.



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