Attack on Pakistani ambassador to Sri Lanka

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{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Attack on Pakistani Ambassador to Sri Lanka

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| target = Bashir Wali Mohamed

| date = August 14, 2006

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| type = Bombing attack

| fatalities = 7

| motive = Unknown

| injuries = 14

| perps = {{flagicon|Tamil Eelam}} Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (alleged)

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| weapons = Explosives

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{{Wikinews|Colombo land mine explosion kills seven}}

On August 14, 2006, a convoy carrying the Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohamed, was attacked by a Claymore antipersonnel mine concealed within an auto rickshaw. The High Commissioner escaped unhurt, but seven people (including four Army commandoes) were killed and a further seventeen injured in the blast.{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?id=20040&template=Lanka&callid=0&frmsrch=1&txtsrch=Lanka | title=Lanka blast: Pak envoy safe, 7 killed | author = Rica Roy & Anisa Khan |date=August 14, 2006 | publisher =NDTV }}

No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Sri Lankan government blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). High Commissioner Mohamed claimed that India had carried it out,{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI22Df01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019075144/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI22Df01.html |url-status=unfit |archive-date=October 19, 2006 | title=The Pakistani muscle behind Colombo | author = Sudha Ramachandran | date= September 22, 2006 | publisher =Asia Times}} in order to intimidate Pakistan, which is one of the main suppliers of military equipment to the Sri Lankan government. Pakistan had promised one shipload of the wherewithal every 10 days in coming months.

A Sri Lankan military spokesman said, "Definitely it's an LTTE attack to the Pakistan ambassador's car but they missed and the backup vehicle got caught." The Pakistani ambassador may be a target of the LTTE because Pakistan is a major backer of the Sri Lankan government.

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Several LTTE suspects were arrested following the attack.http://wwwupdate.un.org/ga/sixth/63/Prot_Dipl_TEXT/2007SriLanka.pdf{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}