Colombo: Multiple blasts hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka leaving over 100 injured Sunday police said. The blasts first occurred in two churches in Sri Lanka as worshippers attended Easter services, officials and police said.
The blasts occurred at around 8.45 a.m. (local time) as the Easter Sunday masses were in progress, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. One of the blasts hit St Anthony’s Church in Kochchikade locality of the Sri Lankan capital.
The Colombo National Hospital said at least 80 people have been admitted with injuries. It was not immediately clear if the blasts had caused casualties. But there is every possibility as some of the injured are critical.
“A bomb attack to our church, please come and help,” read a facebook post from St Sebasitian’s Church at Katuwapitiutya, in the Western coastal town of Negombo.
No organisation till now has taken responsibility for the blasts, but terror links cannot be ruled
Updates to follow
