A series of coordinated bombings have struck churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, killing 207 people in the worst attacks in Sri Lanka since the end of the civil war 10 years ago, police said.
At least 450 people have been wounded after the
island nation was hit by a total of eight explosions, police said,
adding that several of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers.
The seventh blast occurred at a hotel near the
national zoo in the capital, killing two people, police said, while the
eighth hit the suburb of Orugodawatta, north of Colombo, when officers
entered the residence to search it.
The explosion brought down the upper level of the home and killed
three police officers, the source said, speaking on condition of
anonymity.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has condemned the attacks saying it is "an attempt to make the country and its economy unstable".
He held an emergency meeting with the country's top military officials of the National Security Council and called for an emergency convening of the nation's parliament on Monday.
"I condemn these attacks which targeted religious places and some hotels. We all should join hands to protect law and order," Wickremesinghe said.
"I have already instructed the Secretary of Defence, Tri Forces Commanders and the Inspector General of Police to take stringent action to ensure law and order in the country."
source:aljazeera
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