On Easter Sunday, eight separate bombs tore through luxury hotels and churches in several locations across Sri Lanka, in a coordinated attack carried out by at least six suicide bombers. Authorities say the number of people killed in the attacks is now 290, with more than 500 receiving treatment for injuries. This was the deadliest violence in Sri Lanka since its civil war ended 10 years ago. Today in Colombo, another bomb was found and detonated by the police. Investigations have just begun, and police have arrested two dozen people so far; no organization has claimed responsibility. Today, in the affected towns in Sri Lanka, relatives are gathering at local morgues to identify their loved ones, some by watching a slideshow of photographs of the remains, hoping to catch a glance of a familiar bit of clothing or jewelry amid the horror. The first of hundreds of funerals took place today as well.
Photos: Mourning and Anguish After the Devastating Attacks in Sri Lanka
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Officials inspect the damaged St. Sebastian's Church, after multiple explosions targeted people in churches and hotels across Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019, in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. #
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Lalitha weeps on the coffin with the remains of her 12-year-old niece, Sneha Savindi, who was a victim of the Easter Sunday bombing at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 22, 2019. #
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Pope Francis delivers his Easter Urbi et Orbi blessing message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on April 21, 2019, in Vatican City. The Pope lamented the Easter Sunday attacks on several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, expressing closeness to the Christian community of Sri Lanka. #
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Relatives light candles after the burial of three victims of the same family, who died at the Easter Sunday bomb blasts at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, on April 22, 2019. #
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On April 22, 2019, a day after the deadly series of bombings, a Sri Lankan woman living near St. Anthony's Shrine runs for safety with her infant after police found explosive devices in a parked vehicle in Colombo. #
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Sri Lankan priests look at the debris of a car after it exploded when police tried to defuse a bomb near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. #
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