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Posted by: Mihaela Bucatari
News / International
21 Apr. 2019 / 10:46
Alert status in Sri Lanka: An explosion killed over 150 people during the Easter holiday
State of Alert in Sri Lanka: A new explosion took place at a hotel. At least 156 people killed and hundreds injured during the Easter holiday. A seventh explosion took place in Sri Lanka near a Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia zoo, located 20 minutes away from Colombo, according to some sources, quoted by CNN.
In one place, St. Sebastian's church in Katuwapitiya, north of Colombo, more than 50 people were killed, a police official told Reuters.
The images showed corpses on the ground, blood on the walls of the church walls and the roof broken.
The media reported that 25 people were killed in another attack on a church in Batticaloa in the eastern province.
The three hotels that were hit were Shangri-La Colombo, the Kingsbury Hotel and the Cinnamon Grand Colombo. It is not known whether there were any victims in hotels.
Nine foreigners were among the dead, officials said. One of the explosions occurred at St. Anthony's Church in Kochchikade, Colombo.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called for a national security council at his home.
At least six explosions have been reported, with three churches in Kochchikade, Katuwapitiya and Batticaloa being targeted.
Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury hotels, all in Colombo, were also hit by explosions.
Sri Lankan police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara confirmed the explosions. Most of the injured were taken to Colombo National Hospital, according to hospital officials.
There have been "many victims, including foreigners," the Economy Minister Harsha de Silva wrote on Twitter.
Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels have killed 156 people and wounded more than 400, according to several medical officials and police officers, according to Reuters.
De Silva said two of the explosions took place at the Kochchikade church and the Shangri-la Hotel in Kingsbury, Colombo.
"Horrible scenes, we have seen bodies scattered all over," De Silva said after a visit to the scene.
St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo has asked for help on Facebook and published pictures after the explosion, where blood stains can be seen on the floor.
For now no one has claimed the attack.
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