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Suicide bombers kill more than 100 people and hurt 500 in 'targeted attack on Christians' on Easter Sunday as six explosions hit churches and five-star tourist hotels in Sri Lanka



A string of blasts hit high-end hotels and churches in Sri Lanka this morning, injuring hundreds of people as worshippers attended Easter services in a 'coordinated, targeted attack on Christians'.

The death toll has risen to at least 137 people, including nine foreigners, as six near-simultaneous blasts injured more than 500 across the country, reports from Colombo indicate.

Two of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers, according to one security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak with reporters. 

The official said at least 45 people had been killed in Colombo, where three hotels and a church were hit, along with another 67 were in the church attack in Negombo, north of the capital, with another 25 dead at a church in the town of Batticaloa, in the east of the country.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6944119/Hundreds-hurt-blasts-hit-Sri-Lanka-churches-hotels.html

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