Extra Security Deployed In Kandy

An additional police force of 400 has been deployed in the vicinity of Asgiriya international cricket grounds and the Kandy town for the first Test between Sri Lanka and England, starting on Saturday.

Extra security has also been given to the hotels where the players are staying, according to police sources.

On Wednesday twin bomb blasts, attributed by police to Tamil Tiger rebels, killed 19 people and left 45 injured in Colombo.

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