COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug 14, SPA -- An auto rickshaw packed with explosives blew up on a crowded road in downtown Colombo, ripping through cars and killing at least seven people, witnesses and a military official said. The blast occurred as a motorcade carrying the PakistaniHigh Commissioner's family was passing through the area,although it was not clear if any of the envoy's relativeswere among the casualties, the military official said. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymitybecause he was not authorized to talk to the media, saidseven people were killed in the explosion, which set onecar ablaze and left another car and a jeep riddled withshrapnel and covered in blood, the Associated Press reported.--SPA 140853 aug 06GMT www.spa.gov.sa/382759