Four killed in renewed Sri Lanka violence

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels detonated two mines in eastern Sri Lanka today, killing two soldiers and a policeman, the military said, in continuing violence that threatens to push the island nation back into civil war.

A mine exploded near soldiers patrolling on foot in a village bordering eastern Batticaloa district, 140 miles east of the capital, Colombo, killing two soldiers and injuring one, said military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe.