Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers.
Alex Agileson, who was in the vicinity, says buildings in the surrounding area shook with the blast. He says a number of injured were carried in ambulances.
A second explosion was reported at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a Catholic majority town north of Colombo.Sri Lankan security officials say they are checking for details. Police immediately rushed to both areas and sealed off the churches. Local media reported some 50 people with different injuries had so far been admitted to Colombo's main hospital.
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