In Pictures: Sri Lanka explosions on Easter Sunday

Multiple blasts hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on April 21, killing more than 200 people and injuring hundreds.

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Apr 22, 2019, 08:35 AM

Crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Blood stains are seen on a statue of Jesus Christ after a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

People hold placards as they pray for the victims of Sri Lanka's serial bomb blast outside a church in Ahmedabad, India, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Sri Lankan hospital workers transport a body on a trolley at a hospital morgue following an explosion at a church in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A relative of a victim of the explosion at St Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church, breaks down at the police mortuary in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Sri Lankan security personnel keep watch outside St Anthony's Shrine following a blast at the church in Kochchikade, Colombo, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast inside a church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Catholic priests stand inside the church after a bomb blast in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Locals and police gather at the Secon church in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Police and rescue workers inspect the remains of victims at the scene after an explosion hit St Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of St Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Crime scene officials inspect the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A victim's shoe is seen in front of St Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Dead bodies are covered with blankets amid blast debris at St Anthony's Shrine following an explosion at the church in Kochchikade in Colombo, on April 21, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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