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 Abstracts of news reports and editorials covering suicide terrorism related issues published in the international press, including The Hindu, The Daily Excelsior, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Dawn, The Daily Times, Khaleej Times, Washington Post, Jerusalem Postand BBC News online
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1 March 2008
Daily News
Seven injured in suicide blast
MODERA: Three policemen and four civilians were injured yesterday as a Police attempt to arrest a suspected LTTE cadre in Modera ended with the LTTE suicide cadre blowing himself inside his room, Police and Military told the Daily News. The LTTE cadre who blew himself up has been identified as Nadarajah Sherma Vijayatharan alias Vijayan, 28, from Punkuduthivu, Jaffna |
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28 November 2007
Reuters AlertNet
Suicide attack kills Sri Lanka minister's aide
A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up near the office of a minority Tamil minister in the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday, killing his personal secretary, officials said. Two other people were wounded in the blast, one seriously, but no senior officials were hurt, a hospital official said. It was the latest in a series of rebel attacks. The blast occurred near the office of Douglas Devananda, minister for social welfare and a former militant. He once fought alongside the Tigers before turning to politics in the 1980s and has escaped several assassination bids by the rebels. "It was a suicide mission by the LTTE," an officer of the elite police Special Task Force said, asking not to be named in line with policy... |
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