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APCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A suicide bomber attacked the opening ceremony of a marathon outside Sri Lanka's capital Sunday, killing a government minister and 11 other people, authorities said. Dozens were wounded.
Officials blamed the bombing, the second this year resulting in the death of a senior government official, on Tamil Tiger rebels.
Runners and onlookers gathered at the starting line of the marathon in Weliweriya, 12 miles from Colombo, part of the national celebration of the upcoming Sinhalese New Year.
Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, the minister of highways and the ruling party's chief whip, approached the starting line with a flag he planned to wave to start the race when the bomb exploded, witnesses said.
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