World | Sri Lanka Bus Bomb Kills 24 in Sri Lanka Rebel Tamil Tigers again responsible for rush-hour attack, government claims By Nick McMaster Posted Apr 25, 2008 2:14 PM CDT Copied Medical staff help an injured school girl, at Kalubowila hospital, close to Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) A bomb blast on a public bus killed 24 and injured 52 people today in Sri Lanka, the BBC reports. The device exploded in a vehicle full of rush-hour commuters; government officials blamed the separatist Tamil Tigers for the attack. Bombings in Sri Lanka have become increasingly regular after the government pulled out of a truce with the Tigers in January. Today's attack hit as the military presses into rebel strongholds in the north of the island nation. Read These Next Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Something James Carville said made Melania Trump's lawyer unhappy. Report an error