The World - News from May 13, 1986
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A customs officer told Sri Lanka police that terrorists coerced him into planting a bomb aboard an Air Lanka jet by threatening to kill his family, police sources said. Sixteen people died May 3 when the bomb exploded. The suspect is one of at least five in custody. Investigators believe that the bombing was the work of Tamil separatists.
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