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Sri Lankan Rebels Kill More Than 25 in Suicide Attack

Bloomberg

2008-10-06

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels killed more than 25 people and injured 65 others in a suicide bombing in the north today, the military said.

Retired Major General Janaka Perera, the local leader of the main opposition United National Party, and his wife were among those killed, the Defense Ministry said.

The blast came at 8:45 a.m. local time as the party opened offices in the town of Anuradhapura. Rebel spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan couldn't immediately be reached by telephone for comment at the Tamil Tigers' headquarters in the northern town of Kilinochchi.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been fighting for 25 years to carve out a separate Tamil homeland in the north and east of the island nation in a conflict that has killed 100,000 people, according to the military. The UNP appealed for additional security for Perera as he contested provincial elections in August, saying he was an LTTE target.

Security forces have been staging almost daily attacks on remaining rebel strongholds in the north after capturing the east last year. The military says troops are within 3.5 kilometers (2.3 miles) of Kilinochchi.

The military estimates the Tamil Tigers have between 3,000 and 5,000 fighters. Some defense analysts say the number may be as high as 10,000 and that rebel units are able to operate freely in the jungle terrain in the northern Wanni region where Kilinochchi lies.

The Tamil Tigers say the army's offensives and bombing raids have forced more than 113,000 people from their homes in northern villages and accuse the military of attacking civilian areas, a charge the government denies.

The LTTE is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., the European Union and India.

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