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Tamil train bombing kills 36 From Eric Silver by two or three bombs as it successes in destroying three In Colombo ~»i ,1 omain line train None the less, the terrorists travelling from, the north to The terrorists fired on the have demonstrated again their Colombo, About 30 more were wrecked train from both sides. resilienc.-. They were able to wounded, according to govern- Uninjured soldiers shot back, mount d sophisticated opera- ment spokesmen. tion barely two weeks after the army killed their Jaffna The attack took place be- THE GUARDIAN commander and captured large tween Mankulam and quantity's of arms. Murukandy. halfway between The railway explosion, with the Yal Devi train's starting but it was not known last its high casualties among Sin- point at Kilinochi and the dis- night whether «ny of the Tam- halese soldiers, revived fears trict capital. Vavuniya. The ils had been hit during the 20- of a backlash against the terrorists had earlier cut the minule exchange Tamil minority in the south. single track to Jaffna so that Titis latest attack came just But after equally murderous services north of the F.lephant after the .National Security guerrilla assaults last month Pass, linking the Jaffna penin- the Government showed itself sula to the mainland, were Minister. Mr Lalith suspended. Athulathmudali, had warned determined to prevent a repeti- Sri I-ankanjkpo;s no tNjrpa to drop theiMtzr;r tion o f Rtbfs;the 1983 massacre in The Yal Devi was blown ur ;uard after the army's recent which about 400 Tamils died.