Fears of further terror attacks as Sri Lanka revises blast death toll down due to miscount

Sri Lankan authorities blamed a calculation error as they revised down the death toll from Sunday's blasts by more than 100.

As Sri Lanka continues to mourn the dead, authorities revised the number of dead to 250. (AAP) Source: AAP)

Authorities in Sri Lanka on Thursday lowered the death toll in a spate of Easter bombings by more than 100 to 253, admitting some of the badly mutilated bodies had been erroneously double-counted.

The toll revision will boost the pressure on a government already under fire over its apparent failure to act on intelligence about the attacks, and follows the resignation of a top defence official.