2008 Moratuwa bus bombing

Bus bombing in Sri Lanka 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing Colombo district.svg Colombo District highlighted within Sri Lanka Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka June 6, 2008 7:35 UTC+5:30 Claymore bombing 23 80 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing was a Claymore bomb (roadside bomb) explosion against a commuter bus carried out on June 6, 2008, in Katubbeda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo very close to the University of Moratuwa. The bombing killed 23 civilians and injured around 80.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7439193.stm Deadly blasts hit Sri Lanka buses BBC News 6 June 2008 The Sri Lankan government and Amnesty International blamed the LTTE for the attack. The British foreign ministry and leading human rights organisations had condemned attacks on civilians in Sri Lanka.https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2008/06/080606_amnesty Amnesty condemn Tamil Tiger attacks BBC News 6 June 2008 See also 2008 Sri Lanka bus bombings References Sri Lanka Category:2008 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 against buses Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War IV Category:2008 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 2008