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Explosion hits bus in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka bus explosion kills 10
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There has been an explosion inside a bus in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, which is believed to have caused a number of casualties, police say. At least 10 people have been killed and 30 wounded by an explosion on a bus in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, police have said.
Officials at the police emergency unit said the blast occurred in the Piliyandala residential district, on the southern outskirts of the city. The blast happened during rush hour while the bus stopped to pick up passengers in the city's southern suburb of Piliyandala, they added.
Unconfirmed reports from the police say at least three people were killed. A military spokesman, Brig Udaya Nanayakkara, blamed Tamil Tiger rebels.
In February, a bus bombing blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebel group in a nearby suburb injured at least 18 people. Violence in Sri Lanka has intensified since January, when the government pulled out of a ceasefire agreement.
Earlier, the military said its troops had taken control of a church containing the country's most important Roman Catholic shrine.
The shrine lies on the front line in the town of Madhu in the northern Mannar region.
Both sides in the conflict have recently accused each other of shelling the revered complex, and photographs have shown considerable damage.