Sri Lanka’s international airport reopened today and police arrested three Tamils as suspects in a daring rebel attack that left 20 people dead a day earlier.

British holidaymakers caught up in a terrifying rebel mortar and gunfire attack on Sri Lanka’s main airport were today preparing to return home.

All the Tamil Tiger rebels involved in the attack on Sri Lanka's main airport and adjoining air force base are thought to have been killed.

Tamil Tiger rebels armed with mortars have attacked Sri Lanka's international airport and adjoining air force base.