21-04-2019 10:01 via ctvnews.ca

Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in nine bombings that rocked churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday -- the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago. Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the blasts as a terrorist attack by religious extremists, and police said 13 suspects were arrested, though there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Wijeward
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