04-11-2006, 09:29 AM
Bloodshed Ahead Of Talks
Updated: 10:11, Tuesday April 11, 2006
Two British citizens have been injured and 12 Sri Lankans killed in a mine blast on the island.
The attack has been blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels.
No more details have been released about the Britons.
A vehicle carrying the sailors was attacked near the northeastern port of Trincomalee.
"There are 12 dead and eight injured," a navy spokesman said. "It was a claymore attack."
The armed forces have also blamed the rebels for a similar attack in northern Sri Lanka on Monday that killed seven.
Government leaders and rebels are due to meet next week for talks in Switzerland.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3020...9,00.html?f=rss
Updated: 10:11, Tuesday April 11, 2006
Two British citizens have been injured and 12 Sri Lankans killed in a mine blast on the island.
The attack has been blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels.
No more details have been released about the Britons.
A vehicle carrying the sailors was attacked near the northeastern port of Trincomalee.
"There are 12 dead and eight injured," a navy spokesman said. "It was a claymore attack."
The armed forces have also blamed the rebels for a similar attack in northern Sri Lanka on Monday that killed seven.
Government leaders and rebels are due to meet next week for talks in Switzerland.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3020...9,00.html?f=rss
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