By SPA
Colombo, Sri Lanka : A roadside bomb attack blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels killed two police officers and injured Four others as they carried out a patrol Wednesday in Eastern Sri Lanka, the military said.
About 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, suspected rebels detonated a mine planted alongside a road in the Batticaloa district as a police patrol passed, the military said in a statement.
The blast instantly killed two of the officers, the military was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.