TNS Corner
Sri Lanka: Bomb Blast in Ampaarai

May 9, 2008, 16:34

Colombo - A powerful bomb exploded inside a restaurant in Ampaarai, in the eastern Sri Lanka just 12 hours ahead of the eastern Sri Lanka go for the provincial election killed 8 and over 30 were injured according to the report from Ampaarai.

The explosion has taken place on Friday evening 6:00 p.m. Bomb explosions are increasing in Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka stepped up military operations in the north.

Sri Lanka is pressing for a military victory over the Tamil Tigers and since 1972 the conflict has left at least 80,000 people dead mostly ethnic Tamils.

Sri Lanka has been pronounced by media rights activists and rights groups as the most dangerous place in the world for journalists and aid workers to work. At least 5,800 people were killed within last two years of president Rajapaksa’s government came to power.