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 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected rebels attacked the offices of three international aid groups in Sri Lanka Sunday in what appeared to be their first assault on foreigners, the army said. Tamil separatists denied the charge.
A breakaway rebel faction said it had killed at least 10 mainstream Tamil rebel fighters and a top commander in separate attacks in the east. Four other people were also killed in spiraling violence that has threatened to push the island nation back toward civil war.
The rebels simultaneously attacked the offices of the three aid organizations in the town of Mutur in the Trincomalee District, throwing hand grenades into the buildings, said military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe.
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