Security alert at Sri Lanka central bank lifted

Workers were allowed to leave the bank, the sources said.

Published on: Apr 25, 2019, 11:50:06 IST

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Sri Lankan authorities lifted a security alert at the central bank in the capital Colombo on Thursday after it was locked down following a warning about an impending explosion, two bank sources said.

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard near a car explosion after the police tried to defuse a bomb near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka (AFP)

Workers were allowed to leave the bank, the sources said.

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