New Delhi: Days after multiple blasts left Sri Lanka in shock, a new bomb was found in the downtown area of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.
The eyewitness of the whole event, a local security guard of a shopping mall said that a bomb was found hidden in a motorbike, and fortunately, no causalities were reported.
“I see early morning at six o’clock, I don’t know, after police come, check and ask if I see and what time is it? Yeah, I see, six o’clock, the army come to check, one bomb,” he said.
Local police officers have detonated the bomb and removed the motorbike.
On the same day, China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan held a press briefing to introduce the latest situation about Chinese citizens wounded in blasts.
The Chinese ambassador had told Chinese media that Till now there is one Chinese citizen confirmed to be killed in the attacks, four feared dead, one still missing, and five injured.
Of the five injured Chinese citizens, four have been released from the hospital, with one still undergoing treatment, he added.
Cheng said that the Chinese embassy has been trying all means to help the Chinese victims, working with the Sri Lankan side to search for the missing one, giving the injured proper medical treatment, and assisting the family of the deceased to take care of the relevant issues.
The eight suicide bombing attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday have killed at least 359 people and injured over 500. The Sri Lankan police have taken 58 suspects in custody.
Global News 
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