Schools closed in UVA due to the bomb blast

Provincial Educational Ministry of the UVA province closed schools  due to the today's bomb blast.
Chief Minister of the Province said its a temporary measure .
Meanwhile Acting Director at the Moneragala Hospital Janaka Prasad says  blood is urgently needed to treat those injured in the Buttala claymore bomb blast. He says O Negative and O Positive types of blood are especially in demand and requests prospective donors to come forward  to donate blood.

The Police adds that three LTTE members have arrived on the highway and shot after the bomb explosion of the bus traveling fronm Buttala to Niyadella.

The Army and the Police have launched a combined search in the area after the incident..

Three persons have been killed  and 63 injured in the shooting incident.

20 Twenty persons have been  killed  in a claymore bomb explosion ,which was targeted on a passenger bus plying between Buttala and Niyandagala  this morning. The Police says a large number of passengers have been injured in the incident.