2008 Moratuwa bus bombing

2008 Moratuwa bus bombing
Colombo District highlighted within Sri Lanka
Location	Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Date	June 6, 2008 7:35 (UTC+5:30)
Attack type	Claymore bombing
Deaths	23
Injured	80
Perpetrators	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing was a Claymore bomb (roadside bomb) explosion against a commuter bus carried out on June 6, 2008, in Katubbeda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo very close to the University of Moratuwa. The bombing killed 23 civilians and injured around 80.^[1]

The Sri Lankan government and Amnesty International blamed the LTTE for the attack. The British foreign ministry and leading human rights organisations had condemned attacks on civilians in Sri Lanka.^[2]

See also

• 2008 Sri Lanka bus bombings

References

1. "Deadly blasts hit Sri Lanka buses". BBC News. 6 June 2008.
2. "Amnesty condemn Tamil Tiger attacks". BBC News. 6 June 2008.