At least 100 killed in Easter Sunday blasts at Sri Lanka churches, hotels

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Sri Lanka's government declared a curfew and said it had shut down access to major social media sites and messaging services after Easter Sunday blasts killed at least 130 people

Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo on Easter Sunday.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Yuliya Talmazan, Caroline Radnofsky and Reuters

Police later reported a seventh explosion, the fourth at a hotel, near the national zoo in an area near the capital Colombo. "I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today. I call upon all Sri Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong," he said on Twitter. More than 50 people were killed in that blast alone, a police official told Reuters, with pictures showing bodies on the ground, blood on the pews and a destroyed roof.The first three hotels hit were the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel and Cinnamon Grand Colombo.

 

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Sad. May the souls of the dead rest in Peace..

Not to take away from what happen but why supress the people of Sri Lanka by taking away their communication and giving them a curfew? I'm confused.

It's now 228😭😭

NBCNightlyNews The killer is doing the killing on Jesus Christ holiday where our world should be looking out 4 the killer during this time because is a holiday going on of a person who does not like 2 see a person get kill by violence & a person could kill just 2 laugh Jesus Christ now

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on a weekend when the world is meant to be together please can we stop all this killing and hate on our Earth. We are a world of many peoples. Life is short enough lets stop this awful killing and live in TryTolerance if nothing else.

This is the change Islamist BarackObama promised. Don’t let them win

More accurate Christians died while celebrating Easter in churches. Thanks for being more accurate!

Horrific.

NBCNightlyNews Will the liberals cover this like they did New Zealand?

It's now 192 deaths 😢😢

And people say we atheists are dangerous.

I’m waiting to hear IlhanMN response to this Muslim terrorized attack

Sad

Tell me again how Islam is the ReligionOfPeace?

More than twice as many as were killed in New Zealand Will Muslims condemn? Will their leaders now wear crucifixes around their necks in solidarity w Christians on the holiest day of the year?

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I hope this attack will get the wall to wall coverage of new zealand? SriLanka

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