Bomb injures three in Colombo

Bomb injures three in Colombo

COLOMBO (Reuter): A bomb exploded on a parked bus during rush- hour at Colombo's main Pettah bus station yesterday, injuring three people, police said.

"The bomb was placed in a bus which was parked at the bus stand and it exploded. Three people were wounded," a police officer said.

The area was crowded with people going home, he said. He had no further details.

On Monday, suspected Tamil rebels, fighting for their own homeland in the north and east, set off a car bomb at Colombo's international airport. Three detonators exploded, destroying the van, but leaving 24 kg of explosives intact. Nobody was injured.