Sri Lanka loses 58 citizens due to bus explosion

Sri Lanka loses 58 citizens due to bus explosion

The explosion was the worst single act of violence since the government and Tamil Tiger rebels signed a cease-fire in 2002, and renewed fears of a return to war, the AP reports.

A doctor at the hospital where the victims bodies were taken, S. B. Bothota, said that 15 school children were among the 58 killed. Another 45 people were reportedly wounded.