COLOMBO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and nine others were injured in a suicide attack lunched by a Tamil Tiger rebel in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Sunday.

    Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said that the suicide bomber on a push cycle rammed into a three-wheeler carrying police in the Vavuniya town at around 03:15 p.m. local time (0945 GMT).

    The driver of the three-wheeler was killed and nine others including four police, three soldiers and two civilians were injured in the blast.

    The suicide bomber was also killed in the explosion.

    Vavuniya is the gateway to the north where government troops are currently engaged in a battle to evict Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels from their last strongholds.