At least 129 dead and 400 injured in series of Easter Sunday explosions
At least 130 people have been killed and more than 400 injured in a series of explosions in Sri Lanka.
National Hospital spokesman Dr Samindi Samarakoon said the wounded have been admitted to Colombo’s main hospital.Alex Agieleson, who was near the shrine, said buildings shook with the blast, and that a number of injured people were carried away in ambulances. The other two churches are in Negombo, a Catholic majority town north of Colombo, and the eastern town of Batticaloa
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