Suicide blast kills 15 injures 46

Fifteen people were killed and another 46, including Posts and Telecommunication Minister Mahinda Wijesekera were injured in a suicide attack which targeted the National Milad-un-Nabi festival at the Jumma Mosque in Godapitiya, Akuressa (Matara District) around 10.30 am yesterday.

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Government condemns

The Government condemned in the strongest possible terms the LTTE suicide bomb attack on the Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival to mark the birthday of Holy Prophet Mohammed, at Godapitiya, Akuressa, Matara this morning around 10.a.m. in which 15 persons were killed and many others injured, including a Government Minister.

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LTTE defeated, says think-tank

An estimated 150,000 civilians are trapped in an ever shrinking space, forcibly held back by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the International Crisis Group (ICG) said, EuAsiaNews yesterday.

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