Thursday, June 24, 2010

Blast wounds nine in Sri Lanka capital

COLOMBO: An explosion in a commercial area of Sri Lanka's capital on Thursday wounded nine people, police said, adding that Tamil rebels were not responsible for the attack.

"We are ruling out terrorist involvement, the incident was probably due to a personnel vendetta," police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody told foreign news agency.

The blast in the Pettah area of the city was believed to have been caused by a hand grenade or improvised explosive device.

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