2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs

Sri Lankan bombings in the year 2007thumb|Locations marked with a yellow and black star. In January 2007, several bus bombs were set off in Sri Lankahttp://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/07/10095117.html Gulfnews: Bus bomb kills 15 in southern Sri Lanka 2007-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130937/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/07/10095117.html 2007-09-29 dead The first was on Friday, January 5, 2007, at about 18:30 local time, during the evening rush hour, near Nittambuwa, 40 km N.E. of the capital Colombo. It used approx. 2 kilograms (4.41 pounds) of explosives, killed 6 people and injured at least 30. 80 people were on board at the time. 10 people were detained for questioning, with regards to this bombing, however, as yet no charges have been lodged. During the same morning the military had stated that they had performed several raids in the fourth day of action against several rebel sites in the north and northwest, and it was reported that 16 civilians had been killed during the attacks. The second was on Saturday, January 6, 2007, at around 14:40 local time, near Hikkaduwa, some distance south of the capital, and killed 15 people and injured dozens more. The Sri Lankan Police blamed the attack on LTTE citing that the suspected one of the dead was a suicide bomber.http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/07/10095117.html Gulfnews: Bus bomb kills 15 in southern Sri Lanka 2007-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929130937/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/01/07/10095117.html 2007-09-29 dead The LTTE denied responsibility. This explosion followed three bombings, earlier in the day in the north, which killed five, one civilian and four soldiers. See also 2007 Padahuthurai bombing Notes References (BBC News) (Reuters) (Asian Tribune) (BBC News) (UPI) (CNN)May 2025 medicmedic (Asian Tribune) (CNN) Bomb Blast Targeting Civiliance Outside Colombo Category:2007 crimes in Sri Lanka Category:Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Category:2000s massacres in the Sri Lankan civil war Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War IV Category:2007 mass murders Category:January 2007 in Sri Lanka Category:Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 2007