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.

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels raided a village in eastern Sri Lanka, abducted 14 Sinhalese labourers and shot 13 dead.

Women rebels attacked a Sri Lankan police camp before dawn today, killing 16 policemen, two civilians and wounding 18 others.

A powerful Tamil rebel land mine blew up a bus carrying soldiers on home leave in northeastern Sri Lanka today, killing 17 and wounding 19.