Sri Lanka: 10 killed in bus blast

A bomb tore through a passenger bus in southern Sri Lanka today, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens, police said, a day after six people died in a similar bus blast near the capital.

The blast occurred in Meetiyagoda, some 95km (59 miles) south of the capital, Colombo, said Jayantha Wickramaratne, a senior police official.