Thief booby traps Gampaha shop

An explosion has reported taken place in shop in Gampaha this morning, Police said.

The Police said the explosion took place when they arrived to the shop following a complaint regarding a certain theft, which was allegedly taken place in the very shop.

They said the thief had stolen Rs. 950,000 and the CCTV system of the shop and he had fixed a locally made bomb on the entrance door of the shop aiming it to explode when somebody entered the shop.

However, no injuries had been reported. (Thilakaratne Dissanayake and Tony Karunanayake)