By Dumeetha Luthra BBC News, in Anuradhapura

This was a day of two parts: funerals for the victims of the bomb attack and air-strikes against the suspected perpetrators.

	Everyone in the village blamed the LTTE for the attack

Families, relatives, villagers - all gathered to grieve over the bodies.

The coffins of eleven children were laid out in a row. It was emotional, it was angry.

Many here said war was now the only option, that the killing of civilians could not be allowed to go on.

Everyone blames the Tamil Tiger rebels. They deny it, but that's their standard response; few believe them.

The government has been quick to respond.

Air-strikes resumed just after dawn targeting the outskirts of Kilinochchi.

The Tigers have said a direct hit on their stronghold would be seen as a declaration of war, but Sri Lanka is already at war in everything but name.