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Blast kills 12 Sri Lanka police personnel

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Published: June 16, 2008 at 7:03 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 16 (UPI) -- A suicide bomb attack Monday on a police station in northern Sri Lanka's Vavuniya region killed 12 police personnel, including three women, the military said.

The attacker, who was on a motorcycle, also injured as many as 40 others, the Colombo Page, a Sri Lankan Internet news site, reported, quoting military and hospital personnel.

The pro-rebel TamilNet also reported the attack killed 12 people. It said the attacker rode into the police complex as a group of officers were leaving the facility.

No one took responsibility for the attack but the Sri Lankan military blamed the Tiger rebels.

On Sunday, Sri Lankan air force jets destroyed a Tamil Tiger combat-logistic facility in the Northeast, Colombo Page reported.

The report also quoted the military as saying other weekend clashes in the embattled region killed 19 rebels and two soldiers.

Topics: Colombo Page
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