A bomb exploded Wednesday evening near the entrance to a popular department store in a busy Colombo suburb, killing 16 people and wounding more than 20 in a rare attack on civilians near the capital, the military said. It added that the Tamil Tiger rebel group was responsible for the bombing.The blast occurred just outside the four-story No Limits store in Nugegoda as commuters crowded a nearby bus stop during the evening rush hour, officials said.
Authorities did not immediately give a motive for the blast or speculate who was behind it.
Earlier in the day, a female suicide bomber sent by the rebels killed one person and wounded two others in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate a government minister in his office in Colombo.
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