Tigers shoot down gunship

Colombo - Tamil Tiger rebels arranged a suicide bombing in the capital Colombo and shot down a helicopter gunship elsewhere in…

Colombo - Tamil Tiger rebels arranged a suicide bombing in the capital Colombo and shot down a helicopter gunship elsewhere in Sri Lanka yesterday as President Chandrika Kumaratunga swore in her new cabinet.

A Black Tiger suicide bomber blew himself to pieces as two plain-clothed constables were about to search him at gun point outside the Town Hall, police said.

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