Sri Lanka: Living in Terror
A FRONTLINE- Documentary (14:39 min.)

A journey to a tropical island besieged by suicide bombers

The day after video journalist Joe Rubin landed in Sri Lanka, a suicide bomber attempted to kill the prime minister. The assassination attempt failed but six civilians were killed. Arriving at the scene, Rubin realized that he was standing in a sea of body parts. It was the beginning of a six-week journey exploring how an island paradise had become a killing ground.