At least 11 civilians were killed in a bomb blast Friday that rocked a town in eastern Sri Lanka ahead of Saturday's crucial provincial election, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said according to DPA. The bomb went off inside a hotel in Ampara town, 320 kilometres east of the capital. At least 30 persons were injured. The defence ministry said rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had been responsible. "This is another cowardly attempt of the LTTE terrorists to disrupt the normalcy in the area as the government scheduled to head the provincial council election tomorrow (Saturday) to establish the democracy in the eastern province", a ministry statement said.
