Information About Incident 37390-71139-169985 in Matara Sri Lanka

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At least 14 people were killed and 46 others, including the Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mahinda Wijesekara, were wounded when a suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew himself up on March 10, targeting a procession celebrating Eid-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammed''s birthday) in the southern town of Akuressa in Matara district, The Hindu reported.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Eid Akuressa Matara
• Matched District: Matara
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: a suspected LTTE suicide bomber
• Subject: himself

Context

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At least 14 people were killed and 46 others, including the Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mahinda Wijesekara, were wounded when a suspected LTTE suicide bomber blew himself up on March 10, targeting a procession celebrating Eid-e-Milad (Prophet Mohammed''s birthday) in the southern town of Akuressa in Matara district, The Hindu reported. This is the first suicide attack in Matara, the southernmost region and populated overwhelmingly by the majority Sinhala community. The defence ministry said the suicide bomber had arrived at the place on a push-bike and exploded himself among the Islamic devotees going to the mosque in a procession Among the deceased and injured were several local government representatives.

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