20 killed in suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (AP): A news report says a suicide bomber has killed around 20 people including a former army officer in a town in northern Sri Lanka.
Privately owned Swarnavahini television says retired Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera and his wife were among nearly 20 people killed in Monday's blast in Anuradhapura town.
Perera, who led successful campaigns in the civil war against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, won a seat in the country's North-Central provincial assembly in August to become its opposition leader.
COLOMBO (AP): A news report says a suicide bomber has killed around 20 people including a former army officer in a town in northern Sri Lanka.
Privately owned Swarnavahini television says retired Maj. Gen. Janaka Perera and his wife were among nearly 20 people killed in Monday's blast in Anuradhapura town.
Perera, who led successful campaigns in the civil war against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, won a seat in the country's North-Central provincial assembly in August to become its opposition leader.