February 07, 2007	Wednesday	Muharram 18, 1428

COLOMBO, Feb 6: At least 17 people were injured when an anti-personnel mine on display at an exhibition in Colombo exploded accidentally on Tuesday evening, the military said.

The injured included two police commandos, two Buddhist monks and 13 civilians, authorities said.

The mine was part of a cache of weaponry belonging to the military being exhibited at the BMICH convention centre in the capital.

The exhibition was to commemorate Sri Lanka’s 59th anniversary of independence from the British and had on display both military weapons as well as weapons captured from the Tamil Tiger rebels.