Sri Lankan bomber finds his mark

Seattle News.Net
Monday 6th October, 2008

At least 25 people, including a television journalist and two key members of the main opposition United National Party, have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing in Sri Lanka.

80 more were injured when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up in Sri Lanka's north-central town of Anuradhapura on Monday morning.

One of those killed was retired major general, Janaka Perera, the United National Party’s manager for Anuradhapura.

His wife was also killed in the bombing.

Perera served as the chief of staff of the Sri Lanka Army between 2000 and 2001.

After retiring from the army, he served as high commissioner to Australia and ambassador to Indonesia.

A provincial journalist of a prominent private television channel in Colombo and other UNP provincial council members were also among those killed.

The wounded, some of them in serious condition, were admitted to the nearby Anuradhapura base hospital.

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