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Multiple explosions hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels on Easter Sunday

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8 killed, 20 injured as multiple bomb blast rocks Maiduguri

Three Sri Lankan churches and several hotels have been hit by explosions on Easter Sunday, wounding at least 160 people, Aljazeera reports.

A source in the police bomb squad told newsmen that one of the explosions was at St Anthony’s Church in Kochcikade, Colombo.

Sources from two leading tourist hotels in Colombo also confirmed the explosions but did not give any details.

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Colombo National hospital disclosed that those wounded had been brought in for treatment.

St Sebastian’s church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo posted pictures of destruction inside the church on its Facebook page, showing blood on pews and the floor, and requested help from the public.

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