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Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Bombings: Death Toll Rises To 290 With Over 500 People injured

No group or organization has so far claimed responsibility for the disturbing attacks. But Police have arrested 24 people in connection with the suicide bombs.

Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Bombings: Death Toll Rises To 290 With Over 500 People injured 1

The eight coordinated explosions that rocked churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday have killed at least 290 people and injured over 500, as confirmed by authorities.

A ninth improvised explosive device (IED) was defused near the capital’s Bandaranaike International Airport on Sunday evening, according to an Air Force spokesman.

The blasts appear to have targeted tourism hotspots, as well as churches, in a bid to gain maximum global attention.

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Foreign nationals are among the dead, including five British citizens, two of whom held dual US-UK nationality, three Indians, two Chinese cousins, one person from the Netherlands, two Turkish citizens and one Portuguese person.

Police have arrested 24 people in connection with the suicide bombs, the worst violence the South Asian island has seen since its bloody civil war ended 10 years ago.

No group or organization has so far claimed responsibility for the disturbing attacks, which rocked the entire world. But Sri Lankan Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardene said the “terrorist incident” was carried out by those following “religious extremism.”

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Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka, accounting for less than 10% of the total population of 21.4 million. According to census data, 70.2% of Sri Lankans identify as Buddhist, 12% Hindu, 9.7% Muslim, and 7.4% Christian.

It is estimated that 82% of Sri Lankan Christians are Roman Catholic.

A social media blackout has been enforced as the authorities try to contain the violence and establish who carried out the attacks and why.

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