A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed himself and two others in an attack in eastern Sri Lanka today.
The bomber, targeting members of the security forces in the town of Batticaloa, also seriously injured six others, police said.
In another attack carried out by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, two soldiers on road-clearing patrol were killed in the northeastern district of Trincomalee, local officials said.
Last week, a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber jumped in front of a police vehicle in the eastern province and detonated explosives but missed his target.
Suicide bombing is a trade mark of Tamil Tiger guerrillas who are fighting for an independent homeland in the island's northeast.
Another suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body when cornered by police in Colombo on October 29th. The bomber and five others were killed in that attack.
AFP