Three die in Sri Lanka suicide bombing

Three people were killed in an apparent suicide attack in Sri Lanka's restive east while security forces threw a security blanket over the capital to prevent new attacks, officials said.

A suspected Tiger suicide bomber riding a motorcycle crashed into another motorbike carrying two rival militants in Batticaloa district 300 kilometres (190 miles) east of Colombo.

"One man detonated the explosive immediately after crashing into the other bike, killing all three of them," a local military official told AFP by telephone.

The two victims were from a Tamil Tiger breakaway faction that is contesting local polls on March 10.

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