Bomb blast kills Sri Lankan police commando

The claymore mine attack was in Amparai district where the STF had captured a dozen bases from the LTTE.

A Sri Lankan police commando was killed and three others wounded on Friday when suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful landmine in the island's east, police said.

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The claymore mine attack was in the district of Amparai where the Special Task Force commandos had captured a dozen bases from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after a two-week offensive, a police official said.

He said an STF inspector, two constables and a paramilitary homeguard were wounded in the blast.

The attack came as the military said it captured the main bastion of the Tamil Tigers in the adjoining district of Batticaloa.