COLOMBO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a passenger bus in southern Sri Lanka on Saturday, killing eight civilians and wounding around 50 in the second such attack in as many days, police said.

The blast in the town of Peraliya, where around 1,000 people were killed when their train was swept off its tracks by the 2004 tsunami, comes after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 6 people and wounded around 60 in a similar attack on a bus on Friday.

"The bus was blasted at Peraliya. Eight people succumbed to injuries," Chief Inspector of Police H.M. Edrisuriya told Reuters. Peraliya is close to the tourist resort of Hikkaduwa around 45 miles (70 km) south of Colombo.

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