Colombo: An explosion ripped through a school
bus in northwestern Sri Lanka today, killing one girl and
wounding 11 other students and an elderly person injured.
The incident took place Kurungala district, 100 kms
north of the capital and police suspect a personal dispute to
be the cause of the explosion in the bus.
The driver of the bus and 12 students were taken to
hospital after the explosion where one girl student succumbed
to her injuries.
Police and army bomb disposal teams were conducting
further investigation into the incident.
The blast was the first since five months after the
government declared victory over Tamil tigers who waged an
insurgency for over a decade.
Bureau Report