At least 100 persons are believed to have been killed and 750 wounded in a truck bomb
explosion suspected to have been set off by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in
Colombo's city center of Fort at about 10.50 a.m. Wednesday. The explosion, aimed at the
Central Bank Headquarters at Jandhipathi Mawatha, housing the President's House and the
Navy Headquarters in addition to several other banks and key buildings, devastated the
buildings on a stretch of road about 200 yards
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