The Big Picture: Damage

Soldiers search crime scene

Soldiers walk on shattered glass at the Maharaja's television channel at Depanama, suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 6 January 2009.

Armed men attacked the private Sri Lankan television station early Tuesday, tossing hand grenades, spraying the building with gunfire and sparking a blaze that caused heavy damage, witnesses and police said.

Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP


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