NewsArmy Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake has appointed a five-member committee to probe into the explosion inside a private bus at Kahagolla in Diyathalawa. Nineteen passengers in the bus were injured in the explosion and 12 of them were military personnel. Police later stated that initial investigations had revealed that a hand grenade caused the explosion.

Source: Sunday Times February 23, 2018 09:00 UTC