IS have claimed responsibility for the deadly Sri Lanka blasts, which killed 321 people
An attack on a fourth hotel failed and helped lead police to the Islamist group now blamed for the assault, they added.
Another bomb tore through a restaurant at the nearby Kingsbury hotel. Minutes before, similar explosions devastated three churches. Investigators said it was not known whether the brothers were in contact with the other bombers. With 321 people confirmed dead, including at least 39 foreign nationals, and over 500 wounded, Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency and launched a desperate hunt to head off more attacks.
One brother gave false identity details when he checked into the hotel, the investigator said. The other gave a real address which led police commandos to their family home in a commercial area of Colombo.Sri Lanka fell silent for three minutes on Tuesday on a day of national mourning to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed on a local Islamist group.
The first memorial services for the victims, among them dozens of foreigners, were being held on Tuesday, hours after the government imposed a state of emergency and said an Islamist group was behind the violence. The United States reported at least four Americans killed - including a child - and the Netherlands raised their toll to three. Eight Britons, eight Indians and nationals from Turkey, Australia, France, Japan and Portugal, were also killed, according to Sri Lankan officials and foreign governments.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sri Lankan attacks 'retaliation for Christchurch': ministerSri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings were carried out to avenge the Christchurch mosque shootings, the country's deputy defence minister says.
Read more »
Probe shows Sri Lanka attacks 'retaliation for Christchurch'The Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka were intended as retaliation for last month's attack against Muslims in Christchurch, according to initial investigations by the Sri Lankan government, the deputy defence minister said on Tuesday.
Read more »
Sri Lankan attacks 'retaliation for Christchurch': ministerSri Lanka's Parliament told Easter bombings were carried out to avenge Christchurch shootings as Islamic State claims responsibility.
Read more »
Sri Lankan terror attack was 'retaliation for Christchurch massacre'The Easter Sunday suicide bombings in were intended as retaliation for last month's attack in New Zealand, according to the Sri Lankan government.
Read more »
Sri Lankan attacks 'retaliation for Christchurch': ministerSri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings were carried out to avenge the Christchurch mosque shootings, the country's deputy defence minister says.
Read more »
Hangman recruitment drive: Why is Sri Lanka bringing back the rope?Former recruits have disappeared or quit after one look at the gallows, but Sri Lanka's President is determined to find two hangmen to send thousands of prisoners to their deaths.
Read more »
Scores hurt in Sri Lanka Easter church bombingsExplosions have hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, wounding at least 160 people, witnesses said. Local news reporting at least 20 dead.
Read more »
Scores hurt in Sri Lanka Easter church bombingsExplosions have hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, wounding at least 160 people, witnesses said. Local news reporting at least 20 dead.
Read more »
Dozens reportedly injured after a series of explosions rock Sri Lanka | Sky News AustraliaMultiple blasts have hit two churches and two hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, reportedly causing casualties among worshippers.\n\nAn explosion reportedly ripped through St Anthony's Shrine in the capital Colombo and at St Sebastian's Church in Negombo.\n\nEye-witnesses say buildings in the surrounding area shook with the blast and a number of injured people were carried in ambulances.\n\nLocal media have reported that around 50 people have so far been taken to Colombo's main hospital.\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Thirty dead, hundreds injured in church and hotel explosions in Sri LankaUPDATE: At least 30 people have been killed and 283 more wounded in the Easter Sunday bombings, according to Sri Lanka's hospital spokesman. 9News
Read more »