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Colombo: Police carry out controlled explosion near a cinema hall

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Published : Apr 24, 2019, 1:07 PM IST

A controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall was carried out by the bomb disposal squad. Sri Lanka is on high alert and 58 suspects have been arrested since the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka.

Ruwan Wijewardene, State Secretary of Defence

Colombo: Sri Lanka remained on high alert as police on Wednesday carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall in Colombo.

Ruwan Wijewardene, State Secretary of Defence

The police said that the area near the Savoy Cinema in Wellawatta in South Colombo was cleared after which the controlled explosion was carried out by the bomb disposal squad to check the motorcycle which had no owner.

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No explosives were found in the vehicle.

The police have asked all motorists and motor cyclists to leave their contact numbers in their vehicles when they leave them parked anywhere in the city.

A total of 58 suspects have been arrested till now and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned on Tuesday that several suspects armed with explosives were still moving around.

Also Read: Bangladesh PM Hasina's 8-year-old relative killed in Lanka blasts

The death toll from a string of explosions that rocked Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 359.

The Islamic State group has claimed the responsibility for the attacks.

Colombo: Sri Lanka remained on high alert as police on Wednesday carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall in Colombo.

Ruwan Wijewardene, State Secretary of Defence

The police said that the area near the Savoy Cinema in Wellawatta in South Colombo was cleared after which the controlled explosion was carried out by the bomb disposal squad to check the motorcycle which had no owner.

Also Read: Intelligence not communicated to me: Sirisena

No explosives were found in the vehicle.

The police have asked all motorists and motor cyclists to leave their contact numbers in their vehicles when they leave them parked anywhere in the city.

A total of 58 suspects have been arrested till now and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned on Tuesday that several suspects armed with explosives were still moving around.

Also Read: Bangladesh PM Hasina's 8-year-old relative killed in Lanka blasts

The death toll from a string of explosions that rocked Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 359.

The Islamic State group has claimed the responsibility for the attacks.

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Sri Lanka police carry out controlled explosion on motorcycle near cinema hall
         Colombo, Apr 24 (PTI) Sri Lanka remained on high alert as police on Wednesday carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious motorcycle parked near a cinema hall here.
          The police said that the area near the Savoy Cinema at Wellawatta, South Colombo was cleared and the controlled explosion was carried out by the bomb disposal squad to check the motorcycle which had no owner.
          No explosives were found in the vehicle.
          Sri Lankan police have asked all motorists and motor cyclists to leave their contact numbers in their vehicles when they leave them parked in the city.
          Security forces have launched nationwide search operations to nab the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks that claimed more than 350 lives. Several people have been arrested in connection with the attacks.
          The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the devastating blasts when seven suicide bombers carried out the series of blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, in the country's worst terror attack. PTI CORR
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