This image made from video shows an explosion in background, as Sri Lankan Muslim men perform during a religious procession in Akuressa, in Matara, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A suicide bomber attacked a gathering of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, killing 10 people and critically wounding a government minister, officials said.

This image made from video shows an explosion in background, as Sri Lankan Muslim men perform during a religious procession in Akuressa, in Matara, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A suicide bomber attacked a gathering of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, killing 10 people and critically wounding a government minister, officials said.

At least 15 people were killed and another 60, including a government minister, wounded Tuesday in a suicide bombing in southern Sri Lanka blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.

Sri Lanka's Postal Services Minister Mahinda Wijesekera is treated in hospital after suffering a head injury in a suicide bomb attack in Akuressa. Fifteen people were killed and another 60, including a government minister, wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing at a Muslim celebration in Sri Lanka, officials said.

Sri Lankan hospital staff carry an injured man at a hospital in Matara, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A suspected rebel suicide bomber attacked a gathering of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday outside a mosque in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding at least 20 others, including a government minister, the military said.

Medical staff rush Sri Lankan Post and Telecommunication Minister Mahinda Wijesekara to a hospital in Colombo after he was injured by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide attack in Mathara, south Sri Lanka, March 10, 2009. The suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, including Wijesekara, during a Muslim festival in the Indian Ocean Island

Sri Lankan doctors carry Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Mahinda Wijesekara for surgery after being air lifted to a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A suspected rebel suicide bomber attacked a gathering of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday outside a mosque in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding at least 20 others, including a government minister, the military said.

Sri Lanka's Postal Services Minister Mahinda Wijesekera is treated in hospital after suffering a head injury in a suicide bomb attack in Akuressa. Fifteen people were killed and another 60, including a government minister, wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing at a Muslim celebration in Sri Lanka, officials said.

A Sri Lankan police officer looks at the wreckage of motorcycles and dead bodies, covered with green color clothes at an explosion site in Akuressa, in Matara, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. A suspected rebel suicide bomber attacked a gathering of Muslims celebrating a religious holiday outside a mosque in southern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding at least 20 others, including a government minister, the military said.

The covered bodies of those killed by a bomb blast are seen outside a mosque in Godapitiya in Matara district, about 160 km (99 miles) south of the capital Colombo, March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed 14 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the island's south on Tuesday, officials said.

Police cordon off the area outside a mosque where damaged motorcycles and the covered bodies of those killed by a bomb blast are seen in Godapitiya in Matara district, about 160 km (99 miles) south of the capital Colombo, March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed 14 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the island's south on Tuesday, officials said.

Police cordon off the area outside a mosque where the covered bodies of those killed by a bomb blast are seen in Godapitiya in Matara district, about 160 km (99 miles) south of the capital Colombo, March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed 14 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the island's south on Tuesday, officials said.

A Policeman collects a pair of shoes that was left over at the scene where a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked this morning, outside a mosque in Akuressa south Sri Lanka, March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the Indian Ocean Island.

A worker cleans the scene where a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked this morning, outside a mosque in Akuressa south of Sri Lanka March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the Indian Ocean Island.

A Policeman collects a pair of shoes that was left over at the scene where a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked this morning, outside a mosque in Akuressa south Sri Lanka, March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the Indian Ocean Island.

A Police officer speaks with a religious figure at the scene where a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked this morning, outside a mosque in Akuressa south of Sri Lanka March 10, 2009. A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the Indian Ocean Island