Blast heard in Sri Lanka’s Pugoda, 40km east of Colombo: Police

Mangalore Today News Network

Colombo, Apr 25, 2019 : A blast was heard on Thursday from vacant land behind the magistrates’ court in the town of Pugoda, 40km (25 miles) east of the capital Colombo, police and local residents said, News18 reported.

 

Police said they were investigating the explosion, which came at a time of high tension in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday suicide bomber attacks on the island state that killed 359 people and wounded about 500.