Bomb attack on candidate

Colombo - Sri Lanka's main opposition presidential candidate, Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday escaped a bomb attack during…

Colombo - Sri Lanka's main opposition presidential candidate, Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday escaped a bomb attack during a campaign meeting, police said.

Mr Wickremesinghe had just got off a stage at Eppawela, 180 km north of Colombo, when the bomb went off, seriously wounding at least five people, including several policemen.

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