Hand grenade explodes inside Dehiwala Zoo premises

Six people received minor injuries and were rushed to the general hospital Kalubowila, when a hand grenade exploded inside the Dehiwala Zoo, few minutes ago this morning (February 3).

Dehiwala police rushed to the scene and sealed that area, Police sources said. The Kalubowila Hospital sources when contacted said that, among the six people admitted a person was suffering from the shock caused due to the explosion.

The admitted suffered no severed injuries, the sources further said. Meanwhile, a person has revealed witnessing that the explosion was occurred when some unknown individual has thrown an object into a litter bin, near the "Birds Paradise" at the zoo.

" A flash of light was followed by a shock wave and that's all I could recollect", he further revealed, speaking to our correspondent at the hospital.

The motive of the grenade attack is not known and the responsible are yet top be identified, as Police are conducting investigations, Dehiwala Police said.

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