Sri Lanka, Oct. 2 -- A court has ordered the police to defuse the 10 hand grenades found inside a school bag near a Municipal Council work site in the Aluth Mawatha area of Modara.

The police must then send the defused explosives to the Government Analyst to obtain a report.

The order was given yesterday after the police presented facts regarding the discovery to the court.

The cache of bombs was recovered by a special police team following information received by the Counter-Terrorism Division.

Police informed the court that they are currently examining CCTV footage to identify the suspects involved in the incident.

In a related development, police suspect that the haul of ammunition and magazines recovered from the Kataragama-Weher...