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Blast near Sri Lanka church as cops tried to defuse device

AFP, Colombo

Mon Apr 22, 2019 04:50 PM Last update on: Mon Apr 22, 2019 05:26 PM

A police officer stands guard St Anthony's Shrine in Colombo, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Sri Lanka, on April 22, 2019. Photo: Reuters/ Athit Perawongmetha

A blast hit near a church in Sri Lanka's capital on Monday as police tried to defuse a new bomb found by the site, a police spokesman said.

There was no immediate information on injuries in the blast, or how large it was.

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The explosion happened around 50 metres from the St Anthony's Shrine, one of three churches targeted in a string of suicide bombs on Sunday that killed nearly 300 people.

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