Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a police bus with a roadside bomb outside a university in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six security personnel as they headed on leave and a civilian, the military said.The attack in the restive eastern district of Batticaloa comes after the government vowed to wipe out the Tigers militarily, a development analysts say could deepen a new chapter in the two-decade civil war."A Claymore (fragmentation mine) attack in front of the Eastern University in Batticaloa has blasted a bus carrying police personnel going on leave," military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told reporters.Officials said four policemen, two soldiers and a civilian had been killed, and 11 people injured. Officials had initially said six policemen were killed.They said rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had sprayed gunfire after the incident before fleeing....
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