A SUSPECTED Tamil Tiger suicide bomber assassinated Sri Lanka’s highways minister as he opened a marathon yesterday, in an attack that also killed 13 others and wounded 100, police and officials said.

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide attacker bombed the opening ceremony of a marathon outside Sri Lanka’s capital today, killing a powerful government minister, a former Olympian and 12 others, the military said. Nearly 100 were wounded.

A suicide bomber attacked the opening ceremony of a marathon outside Sri Lanka’s capital today, killing a government minister and 11 other people, authorities said. Dozens were wounded.