BLAST IN LANKA

BLAST IN LANKA
Seven people were killed and 17 others reported injured when two powerful Claymore fragmentation mines hit a Pakistan embassy convoy in the Sri Lankan capital near President Mahinda Rajapakse's official residence.The explosion took place near the Liberty Plaza roundabout, close to the first barrier leading to the President's Temple Trees residence, police said.Four military personnel and three civilians were killed in the blast, which bomb squad officials said was caused by a fragmentation mine inside a three wheeler taxi