Terrorism Strikes Sri Lanka Again

(6 June 08 - RV)

A roadside bomb exploded near a crowded passenger bus during rush hour traffic in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo this morning, killing 20 people and wounding 47.
The government blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the blast.
Meanwhile, an explosion in a commuter bus in the central Sri Lanka town of Polgolla injured at least six people.
In a speech to the new Sri Lankan ambassador to the Holy See last week, Pope Benedict XVI decried such “arbitrary attacks…which place the innocent in harm’s way”.

Archbishop Oswald Gomis of Colombo spoke with Emer McCarthy about the escalation of civilian casualties in the war and the Pope’s words of encouragement to people of his country.