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Sri Lanka bus explosion kills 10 | |
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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. | |
The blast happened during rush hour while the bus stopped to pick up passengers in the city's southern suburb of Piliyandala, they added. | |
A military spokesman, Brig Udaya Nanayakkara, blamed Tamil Tiger rebels. | |
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. |