Sri Lanka blasts: At least 137 dead and more than 150 injured in multiple church and hotel explosions

More than 137 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after coordinated bomb blasts hit a number of high-end hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Sunday.

The blasts, reported to have occurred in the cities of Negombo, Batticalo and the capital Colombo, targeted at least three hotels and three churches as worshippers attended Easter services.

Bodies of the dead have been received at Colombo National Hospital, according to hospital sources. Most of those injured were also taken there, hospital officials said.

There have been "many casualties including foreigners," tweeted Sri Lankan MP Harsha de Silva.

De Silva said two locations of the explosions were Kochchikade church and Shangri-La Hotel in Kingsbury, Colombo.

"Horrible scenes, I saw many body parts strewn all over," De Silva said after visiting the scene. Rescue operations are underway, the MP said, adding that emergency crews are at the scenes operating in "full force."

Sri Lankan security personnel keep watch outside a church in Colombo after a blast Sunday.

De Silva said the heads of the Sri Lankan Army, Navy and Air Force have convened for an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and multiple other min

isters in the cabinet.

The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Foreign Affairs were also present, according to de Silva's tweet.

"All necessary emergency steps taken by Gov of Sri Lanka. Soon official statement will be issued."

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