Ten killed, three ministers injured in bomb attack

A suspected rebel suicide blast near a mosque in southern Sri Lanka killed 10 people and wounded three government ministers.

Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the rebel suicide attack hit early this morning during a ceremony celebrating an Islamic holiday near the mosque outside the southern town of Matara.

Police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekara says the blast killed 10 people and wounded three ministers.

The Tamil Tiger rebels have been blamed for repeated attacks on senior government officials in the past.