Sri Lanka presidential election: gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim voters

Police say convoy of more than 100 vehicles attacked but there are no reports of casualties

Gunmen have fired on buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka, police said, as an election official admitted failures to protect vulnerable communities ahead of presidential polls.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the attack on Saturday, but a police official said the attackers had burnt tyres on the road and set up makeshift roadblocks to ambush the convoy of more than 100 vehicles.

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