Fort railway station bombing
Suicide bombing on commuter train, Sri Lanka
6°56′02″N 79°51′00″E / 6.9338°N 79.8499°E / 6.9338; 79.8499Attack type
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The Fort railway station bombing was a suicide bombing of a commuter train while it was stopped at the Fort railway station, the main station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2008. The bombing killed 12 civilians[2] and injured more than 100.[3] Killed in the attack were eight school children of D. S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach/teacher-in-charge.
The government said that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber,[4] belonging to LTTE, who got down from a train and exploded during rush hour on Platform 3.[5]
Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa directed the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the bombing which led to the arrest of two suspects alongside explosives hidden in Colombo and the discovery of small business premises run by a LTTE cell. The cell leader had left the country after the bombing.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Sri Lanka probes 'bomber offer', BBC
- ^ a b c Suicide Bomb Hits Sri Lankan Rail Station,CBS News
- ^ Seven dead, nearly 100 hurt in Sri Lanka suicide blast: police, hospital,AFP Archived 2012-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colombo suicide blast kills 12 civilians
- ^ "US blames Tamil Tigers for Sri Lanka blasts". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "BUSINESS TODAY -DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE - SISIRA MENDIS". www.businesstoday.lk. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
External links
- Heartbreak city
- Sri Lanka railway station suicide blast kills 11, Reuters
