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Sri Lanka blasts toll rises to 290: police spokesman

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AFP Colombo

The toll in a series of eight blasts targeting mostly churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday has risen to 290, a police spokesman said Monday.

More than 500 people were wounded in the blasts, he added, in the deadliest violence since the end of the country's long-running civil war a decade ago.

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First Published: Apr 22 2019 | 8:55 AM IST

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