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At least 20 killed in accidental blast in Sri Lanka - police


    COLOMBO (Reuters) - An accidental explosion of a container carrying explosives killed at least 20 people on Friday near the eastern Sri Lankan city of Batticaloa, the military said.

    "Twenty people have been killed, including two foreigners," a spokesman at the Media Centre for National Security told Reuters on customary condition of anonymity.

    He had initially said the explosion came from a police ammunition dump, but later reports were not clear on the location.

    (Reporting by Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez; Writing by Bryson Hull; Editing by Sugita Katyal)