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Rebels Bomb Fuel Facilities in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a fuel refinery and gasoline storage facility near the Sri Lankan capital early Sunday, and authorities cut power to the city, officials said. Hours later, the military pounded rebel positions in the north.


The rebel attack was the third assault by Tamil Tiger planes since they carried out their first-ever air strike last month when they bombed an air force base near Colombo, killing at least three airmen.


On Sunday, Tiger aircraft dropped four bombs near Colombo, said an official at the defense ministry’s media center, speaking on condition of anonymity due to policy.


A soldier who witnessed the rebel attack said he saw a low-flying plane drop two bombs on a gas storage facility in Kerawalapitiya, about 7 miles north of Colombo. The bombs started a fire, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.


NY Times



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