Toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 310: police spokesman

Published Tue, Apr 23, 2019 · 04:44 AM

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    [COLOMBO] The toll from a string of deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 310, with several people dying of their injuries overnight, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

    Around 500 people were wounded in the blasts, Ruwan Gunasekera said in a statement.

    He added that 40 people were now under arrest in connection with the attacks, which Sri Lanka's government has blamed on a previously little-known local Islamist group, National Thowheeth Jama'ath.

    AFP

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