Sri Lanka train blast kills 7, wounds 62

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 26 (UPI) -- An explosion took place on a crowded commuter train in Sri Lanka Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 62 others, military officials said.

The explosion was at the Dehiwala railway station on a Colombo-Panadura train, spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Military officials said the area surrounding the blast was shut down.

Nanayakkara told the BBC the blast may have been organized by members of the extremist Tamil Tiger group.

Tamil Tiger members were linked to another attack at a train station in Colombo in February, the BBC said.