Explosion near Jaffna polling booth



A hand grenade exploded by an abandoned house in Point Pedro, Jaffna, on Thursday morning, as polls opened for Sri Lanka's presidential election.



The explosion occurred 600m away from a polling booth at Alwai Sri Lanka Vidyalayam, the Center Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) said.

No casualties have been reported.

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