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18 injured after blast on passenger bus in Sri Lanka
A blast rocked a passenger bus on the southern outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday morning, injuring at least 18 people, a military official said.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:15 February 23, 2008
- Soldiers stand guard near the wreckage of a bus, destroyed by a bomb in Colombo on Saturday.
- Image Credit: AP
Colombo: A blast rocked a passenger bus on the southern outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday morning, injuring at least 18 people, a military official said.
Passengers were evacuated from the bus after the crew raised the alarm over a suspicious parcel left inside the vehicle, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.
The blast occurred outside a court house, he said.
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