CID probing suspected ordinance explosion in Salawa that injured a school boy

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department launched an investigation after a schoolboy was injured when an ordinance exploded in a garden in Salawa, Kosgoda.

Authorities believe that the ordinance may be one of the bullets that fell into the area after an explosion rocked the area in 2016.

The explosion at the Salawa Sri Lanka Army Armory took place on June 5th, 2016.

The 15-year-old schoolboy was first rushed to the Avissawella General Hospital and then transferred to the Colombo National Hospital.