Breaking: Explosions have hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Local news are reporting at least 20 have died
Explosions have hit three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 20 people and wounding at least 160, witnesses said.
The hotels and one of the churches are in the nation's capital Colombo. Another is in Negombo, north of Colombo.A source in the police bomb squad said that one of the explosions was at St Anthony's Church in Kochcikade, Colombo.Alex Agileson, who was in the vicinity, said buildings in the surrounding area shook with the blast. He said a number of injured were carried in ambulances.
Sri Lankan soldiers secure the area around one of the churches in Colombo. Witnesses are reporting many dead in the attacks targetting worshippers at Easter services.Sources from two leading tourist hotels in Colombo also confirmed the explosions but did not give any details.
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