Sri Lanka liberty plaza kollupitiya bomb blast

COLOMBO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and 17 injured in the Sri
Lankan capital on Monday when a security forces' convoy escorting a Pakistan
embassy vehicle was hit by a Claymore fragmentation mine, officials
said.

A driver from the convoy said the embassy vehicle was slightly
damaged, but no-one was hurt. He refused to identify passengers in the vehicle.
The Pakistani ambassador was uninjured, the bomb squad said.

"Seven
people were dead on arrival. We have 17 other people who are injured and being
treated now," said Colombo National Hospital director Hector Weerasingh