A powerful bomb found at Galgamuwa bus station

A powerful bomb was found and defused at a crowded bus station in Galgamuwa today (28) morning, minutes before the device had been set to go off, police said.

The parcel bomb equipped with a timing device was discovered in Galgamuwa, police said.

"Passengers alerted the police and the bomb was defused just in time," a police official said. "There were ball bearings packed into the bomb and they could have caused a lot of casualties."