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Deadly Easter bombings in Sri Lanka

More than 290 people were killed and at least 500 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.

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Deadly Easter bombings in Sri Lanka

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  1. Deadly Easter bombings in Sri Lanka

  2. Crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 21.

  3. A relative of a victim of the explosion at St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church, reacts at the police mortuary in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  4. A view of the damage at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 22. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

  5. Blood stains are seen on a statue of Jesus Christ after a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  6. Sri Lankan military stand guard near the explosion site at a church in Batticaloa, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  7. Relatives of victims react at a police mortuary, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Colombo, April 22. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  8. Police officers work at the scene at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negombo, April 22. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

  9. The mother of Shaini, 13, who died as bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, mourns at her wake, in Negombo, April 22. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

  10. Sri Lankan military stand guard inside a church after an explosion in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  11. Crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  12. Catholic nuns look at the explosion site inside a church in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  13. People who live near the church that was attacked yesterday, leave their houses as the military try to defuse a suspected van before it exploded in Colombo, April 22. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  14. Special Task Force Bomb Squad officers inspect the site of an exploded van near a church that was attacked yesterday in Colombo, April 22. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  15. A woman injured during an explosion at a church is seen at a hospital in Batticaloa, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  16. Sri Lankan Crime Division police officers inspect the explosion site at a church in Batticaloa, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  17. A statue of St. James is pictured after a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  18. Catholic priests stand inside the church after a bomb blast in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  19. A shoe of a victim is seen in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  20. Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  21. A crime scene official inspects the site of a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, April 21. REUTERS/Stringer

  22. Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  23. Relatives of a victim of the explosion at St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church react at the police mortuary in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  24. A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  25. Special Task Force members prepare to go to the site of an explosion at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  26. Foreign relatives of a victim of the explosion react at the police mortuary in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  27. A statue of Virgin Mary broken in two parts is seen in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  28. A relative of a victim of the explosion at St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church reacts at the police mortuary in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  29. Men carry dead bodies towards ambulances near the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  30. Sri Lankan military stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  31. Priests walk into the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, April 21. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

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