It is the first major bomb attack in India since a September 2011 blast outside Delhi's High Court killed 13 people.

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The city's head of security, Col Mahmoud Sherif, said the blast outside the military academy left two people dead and four or five injured.

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The news service of Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry reported that about 20 were injured in the blast outside Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike's office.

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