Suspicious abandoned parcel found in Colombo

Colombo, April 23

A suspicious abandoned parcel was found at the Kollupitiya railway station in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday.

Police evacuated and cordoned off the area as the bomb disposal squad reached the scene, Xinhua news agency reported.

The discovery was made two days after a string of suicide bombings in three Sri Lankan cities killed nearly 300 people.

IANS