| 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing | |
| Location: | Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
| Date: | June 6, 2008 |
| Time: | 7:35 |
| Timezone: | UTC+5:30 |
| Type: | Claymore bombing |
| Fatalities: | 23 |
| Injuries: | 80 |
| Perps: | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
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.[1]
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.[2]