Easter blasts at Sri Lanka hotels and churches kill at least 207

NEWS: Sri Lanka is reeling after a series of explosions ripped through churches and hotels across the nation, killing more than 200 people and wounding at least 450.

A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 207 people, including dozens of foreigners.

The apparently coordinated attacks were the deadliest to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that killed up to 100,000 people and evoked painful memories for many Sri Lankans.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here, as well as an update on one injured Australian here.


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