COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A powerful land mine ripped through a bus packed with commuters and schoolchildren in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing at least 62 people and wounding 78 the army said.
The army blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack, but the rebels denied responsibility.
Not long after the explosion, Sri Lankan government jets bombed Tamil Tiger positions in the island's northeast, the rebels and a military source said. There was no word on casualties from the raids on rebel-held areas of northeastern Mulattivvu and Trincomalee districts.
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