Govt condemns latest Sri Lankan bombing
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The Federal Government has condemned the suicide bombing in Sri Lanka which killed 26 people and injured more than 65.
Former Sri Lankan high commissioner to Australia, retired Major-General Janaka Perera, was among those killed.
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says the Government sends its condolences to the Perera family and all others affected by the attack.
The bomber struck during the opening of a new office for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in the north-central town of Anuradhapura, 200 kilometres north of the capital Colombo.
The military said the blast was the latest carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who are credited with perfecting suicide bombing during a 25-year war to establish a separate homeland for the country's Tamil minority.
Mr Smith says Australia is deeply concerned about the increasing violence in Sri Lanka.
