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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A bomb blast blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday injured at least 18 people on a bus in Sri Lanka, authorities said.
The explosion occurred in the suburb of Mount Lavinia in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, the BBC reported Saturday.
The bomb exploded after a elderly woman spotted a suspicious package and passengers began evacuating the bus, the BBC said, noting several buses have been the targets of explosions since the government pulled out of a ceasefire agreement last month.
In combat clashes to the north, more than 1,000 rebel fighters and 83 government soldiers and police have been reported killed since the ceasefire ended, the BBC reported.
More than 180 civilians have been killed in violence so far this year, an International Red Cross spokesman told the BBC.
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