A bomb hidden on the baggage rack of a packed bus exploded today, killing 24 people at a bus station outside Sri Lanka’s capital, authorities said.

A bomb tore through a packed bus carrying mostly elderly Buddhist pilgrims today in central Sri Lanka, killing at least 18 people and wounding 51 others, the military said.

A bomb ripped through a packed bus in Sri Lanka today, killing 23 people as the government officially withdrew from a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.