The 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing was a Claymore bomb (roadside bomb) explosion against a commuter bus carried out on June 6, 2008, in Katubbeda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a suburb of Colombo very close to the University of Moratuwa. The bombing killed 23 civilians and injured around 80.

The Sri Lankan government and Amnesty International blamed the LTTE for the attack. The British foreign ministry and leading human rights organisations had condemned attacks on civilians in Sri Lanka.

2008 Moratuwa bus bombing

See also

2008 Sri Lanka bus bombings

References

2008 crimes in Sri Lanka

Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Massacres in Sri Lanka

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks against buses

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War IV

Mass murder in 2008

Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 2008

2008 Moratuwa bus bombing