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Sri Lanka: Colombo blast wounds Sri Lankan Minister

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Tuesday, 08 January 2008
Sri Lankan Minister of Nation Building, D. M. Dassanayake was seriously injured and ten others were wounded in a Claymore blast near Ja-Ela junction, 18 km northeast of Colombo city, Tuesday around 10:35 a.m., Police said. Mr. Dassayanake was on his way to the Sri Lankan parliament to take part in the first day of parliament sessions when his vehicle was caught up in the blast. Meanwhile, pandemonium reigned at the first meeting of the Sri Lankan parliament as main United National Party (UNP) opposition protested over the assassination of Tamil parliamentarian T. Maheswaran inside a Siva temple while attending prayers on New Year's Day.

Dassanayaka and two others were admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the Ragama teaching hospital with serious injuries.

The blast has taken place 6 km away from the Katunayake International Air Port, near Rukmani Devi statue on Colombo - Negombo main road.
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