Bomb scare and suspicious vehicle rattles nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe

Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lankan capitalFocus turns towards foreign groups supporting Sri Lankan bombersSixteen more people taken in for questioning

Devastation: Kumari Fernando, who lost her husband and two children in the bombings, at a mass burial yesterday. Photo: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Sanjeev Miglani

Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital's airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursday as more people were swept up in the search for those behind Easter Sunday bombings that killed 359.

Two bank officials told Reuters the street outside the building near the World Trade Center in the capital, Colombo, was blocked to traffic before the security alert was lifted.