Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed 207 people and wounded more than 450, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. According to reports, another blast has been reported from Sri Lanka capital Colombo where 2 people have been killed.

In just one church, St. Sebastian's in Katuwapitiya, north of Colombo, more than 50 people had been killed, a police official told Reuters, with pictures showing bodies on the ground, blood on the pews and a destroyed roof.Media reported 25 people were also killed in an attack on a church in Batticaloa in Eastern Province.

The three hotels hit were the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel and Cinnamon Grand Colombo. It was unclear whether there were any casualties in the hotels.Nine foreigners were among the dead, the officials said.There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks in a country which was at war for decades with Tamil separatists until 2009 during which bomb blasts in the capital were common.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called a national security council meeting at his home for later in the day.

An elderly woman is helped near St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka
This image made from video, released by Derena TV shows women in despair after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka
This image made from video, released by Derena TV shows police and emergency services at one of the blast sites in Colombo
Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo
Firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo
This image made from video shows damage inside St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo
Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo
People gather outside St. Anthony's Shrine where a blast happened, in Colombo
Police officers clear the road as ambulance drives carrying injured of Church blasts in Colombo

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