Easter Sunday explosions at multiple churches and hotels rock Sri Lanka, death tolls rises past 200

A pair holding U.S. and British nationalities were among the 11 foreigners killed after a series of explosions struck three churches and three luxury hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka’s capital Easter Sunday, leaving at least 207 people dead and 450 others injured, officials said.

Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said the other foreigners whose nationalities have been verified included three Indians, one Portuguese national, two Turkish nationals, and three British nationals. The six nearly simultaneous blasts—followed hours later by two more explosions—marked the bloodshed as among the worst...