The FINANCIAL — COLOMBO, A powerful roadside bomb killed at least one soldier and wounded three others in a town in southern Sri Lanka on February 4 as the country marked 60 years of independence, police said.
The claymore mine exploded in Buttala as soldiers transported lunch for their colleagues, a police official in the area said by telephone.
The attack came as the country was on red alert for possible attacks by separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
