(25 Apr 2006)
1. Pull out of bomb damaged vehicle carrying Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka
2. Close up of damaged vehicle
3. Debris on the ground
4. Army officers at scene of attack
5. Police cordon
6. Various of damaged car
7. Exterior of hospital
8. Army officers outside hospital
9. Injured man being stretchered into ambulance
10. Various of soldiers outside hospital
11. Nurse walking past soldiers
STORYLINE
Sri Lanka''s military launched air strikes Tuesday against Tamil Tiger-held areas near a strategic port after a female rebel suicide bomber targeted the country''s top military general in Colombo.
The bomber killed eight people and injured 27 others, including Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who was in stable condition at a Colombo hospital, a military spokesman said.
Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka suffered serious abdominal injuries, a hospital official said, adding that 10 surgeons were attending to him.
The bomber died on the spot, but it was not clear if she was listed among the eight dead.
The victims included civilians who visit the complex to meet relatives, the spokesman said.
There was no claim of responsibility.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rarely take credit for such attacks.
The attack was certain to put further pressure on the country''s four-year-old cease-fire, which has been threatened by rising violence that has resulted in the deaths of at least 89 people this month, including at least 43 soldiers or police.
Tamil Tiger rebels are demanding a separate Tamil homeland and accuse the Sinhalese-dominated government of discrimination.
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