Fort railway station bombing
The Fort railway station bombing was a suicide bombing of a commuter train while it was stopped at the Fort railway station, the main station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2008. The bombing killed 12[2] and injured more than 100.[3] Killed in the attack were eight school children of D. S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach/teacher-in-charge.
| Fort railway station bombing | |
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| Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War | |
 Memorial for the students of D. S. Senanayake College who were killed by the LTTE in 2008 | |
| Location | Fort railway station, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Date | February 3, 2008 (UTC+5:30) |
| Target | Train, station and general public |
Attack type | Suicide bombing[1] |
| Deaths | 12[2] |
| Injured | 92[2] |
| Perpetrator | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
The government said that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber,[4] belonging to LTTE, who got down from a train and exploded during rush hour on Platform 3.[5]
See also
- 2008 Sri Lanka bus bombings
- Madhu school bus bombing
References
- Sri Lanka probes 'bomber offer', BBC
- Suicide Bomb Hits Sri Lankan Rail Station,CBS News
- Seven dead, nearly 100 hurt in Sri Lanka suicide blast: police, hospital,AFP Archived 2012-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Colombo suicide blast kills 12 civilians
- "US blames Tamil Tigers for Sri Lanka blasts". Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
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