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At Least 207 Dead in Sri Lanka Easter Attacks

At least 207 people have been killed so far in attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, according to local police authorities.

A total of six blasts hit three hotels and three churches as worshippers attended Easter services on Sunday.

According to the first information available, at least 45 people have been killed in the city of Colombo and 67 more in the city of Negombo north of the capital.

A total of twenty-five more people died as a result of another attack in the town of Batticaloa, in the east of Sri Lanka.

President Maithripala Sirisena in an address said he was shocked by the explosions and appealed for calm in the country.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe wrote on Twitter: ”I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today.”

The total number of people injured as of the time of this report is at least 450, in six different attacks.

Christians are a minority, as Sri Lanka is mainly a Buddhist country.

The attacks took place during the holiest day of the year for many Christians, as this year, April 21 is Easter Sunday for hundreds of millions of Catholic and other western Christians around the globe.

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