Sri Lanka says blast on bus near Colombo port

COLOMBO, May 24 (Reuters) An explosion hit a bus in a commercial area near Sri Lanka's main port in the capital Colombo today, the military said, but there were no immediate details of any casualties.

''There is an explosion on a bus in the Fort area,'' said Navy spokesman Commander D K P Dassanayake.

The incident came just hours after a flotilla of Tamil Tiger rebel boats attacked a navy detachment off the island's far northern Jaffna peninsula before dawn, killing several sailors.

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