Non-fatal injuries 92 Location Colombo, Sri Lanka Attack type Suicide attack | Start date February 3, 2008 Total number of deaths 12 | |
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Suspected perpetrator Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Locations Colombo, Fort railway station Similar Madhu school bus bombing, 2008 Piliyandala bus bomb, February 2008 Bosaso b, 2008 attack on tourists in Yemen, 2008 Kandahar bombing | ||
The 2008 Fort Railway Station bombing was a suicide bombing of a commuter train while it was stopped at the Fort Railway Station, Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 3, 2008. The bombing killed 12 and injured more than 100. Killed in the attack were eight school children of D. S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach/teacher-in-charge.
The Sri Lankan Government alleged that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber, belonging to LTTE, who got down from a train and exploded during rush hour on Platform 3.
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