Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 11, SPA -- A bus carrying Sri Lankansoldiers on New Year holidays hit by a mine planted bysuspected Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeast Tuesday,killing 12 navy sailors and wounding eight others, themilitary said. Two British tourists from East Harling, Norwich, who werein another vehicle, were also wounded in the explosion,said Jagath Malwatte, a physician at a hospital near thescene. The Claymore mine, which can be detonated by remotecontrol, exploded as the bus was traveling from the porttown of Trincomalee to Colombo, said military spokesmanBrig. Prasad Samarasinghe. Samarasinghe blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamfor the blast. "Surely it is their work, who else," Samarasinghe was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.--SPA 13 26 Local Time 10 26 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/352846