A shootout between security forces and prisoners in a jail in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo has left at least 12 people dead, a doctor says.

Two Tamil Tiger planes sent on a raid over the Sri Lankan capital were on a suicide mission, rebels said today.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo today, killing six people and wounding 95 others, the military and a hospital official said.

A female suicide bomber disguised as an office worker blew herself up in the heart of Colombo today, killing one person in an apparent attempt to assassinate a Sri Lankan government minister, the military said.

A suicide bomber targeted a convoy of vehicles carrying Sri Lanka’s defence secretary and other security officials in the capita Colombo today, wounding at least 14 people, the military and a hospital official said.