A locally made small bomb went off inside a compartment of a train parked at the Chilaw railway yard, a short while ago causing minor injuries to a railway worker, police sources stated.
Police stated that the bomb had exploded when the worker was cleaning the compartment after the train had been parked inside the railway yard.
The hand grenade was one and half inches long and was wrapped inside a grocery bag and kept under a seat of a second class compartment. The incident was reported at 7.10 pm.
The injured person was admitted to the Chilaw hospital.
