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Explosive Laden Truck Kills 67 Navy Personnel

At least 67 Navy personnel were killed and another 60 wounded on Monday when a truck packed with bombs exploded at a transit point for security personnel close to Habarana, a Navy official said.
“Suicide bombers drove a truck packed with explosives in to the area where there about 15 buses of sailors,” a police official in the nearby Sigiriya town told the AFP news agency.
“We have two helicopters to evacuate the wounded,” the official said.

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Monday October 16th, 2006 03:17pm


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