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Sri Lanka: Bombs kill 156 in Easter Day attacks on churches, hotels

The first blast was reported at St Anthony's Shrine, a well-known Catholic church in the capital Colombo. [AFP]

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed 156 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago.

More than 50 people were killed in St. Sebastian’s gothic-style Catholic church in Katuwapitiya, north of Colombo, a police official told Reuters, with pictures showing bodies on the ground, blood on the pews and a destroyed roof.

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