Six wounded in bus explosion in Colombo

Colombo, May 24: At least six people, including four military personnel, were injured when a powerful claymore mine fixed to a motorbike exploded, targeting a bus carrying military personnel here this morning.

''According to initial investigations, the military bus carrying four military personnel was travelling near the 1st Cross Street on the Reclamation road in Colombo Fort area when a powerful claymore mine fixed in a motorbike exploded, wounding all four soldiers'', a defence official told UNI over the phone.

Blaming the LTTE for the blast, the defence official said two civilian passerbys were also injured in the explosion.

Colombo National Hospital sources confirmed that four wounded military personnel and two civilians from the site were admitted to a hospital.

The explosion took place despite tight security measures in and around Colombo.

Further details were awaited.

UNI