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Milo Boyd

BREAKING Sri Lanka attacks: Fresh explosion outside court building in town near Colombo

An fresh explosion has hit Sri Lanka - days after more than 300 people died in terror attacks.

The new blast happened in a town east of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Thursday morning.

There were no causalities in the blast earlier today, police reported.

The explosion took place in empty land behind a magistrate's court in Pugoda, which is 40km east of th capital.

"There was an explosion behind the court, we are investigating," said police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera, adding it was not a controlled detonation like other blasts in recent days.

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