520 killed, injured in multiple blasts hit three churches, three hotels in Sri Lanka

SANAA, April  21 (YPA) – At least 160 people dead and more than 360 injured in mutable blats that rocked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, Sri Lankan media reported.

The blasts coincided with celebrations of Easter Holiday in the country, officials said.

According to Agence France-Presse, the bombings targeted  Kochikade, St Sebastian and Batticaloa Churches, and Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury Hotels in the capital Colombo.

Unfortunately, numbers keep rising. Devices went off simultaneously and no group has yet to claim responsibility, officials added.

E.M