87 bomb detonators found at Colombo bus station

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  • Detonators found a day after a string of attacks on churches and hotels that killed nearly 300 people.

Colombo,

Police on Monday said they had found 87 bomb detonators at a Colombo bus station, a day after a string of attacks on churches and hotels that killed nearly 300 people.

A statement said police found the detonators at the Bastian Mawatha Private bus stand, 12 of them scattered on the ground and another 75 in a garbage dump nearby.