Colombo residents are in shock this morning after the horrendous attacks on the citySri Lankan Special Task Force personnel pictured outside a house during a raidPolice investigators look through debris outside Zion Church following an explosion in BatticaloaA statue of the Virgin Mary broken in two parts at the front of the bombed St Anthony's ShrineSri Lankan hospital workers transport a body on a trolley at a hospital morgue as sombre people look onPews knocked to the floor and the walls...
Worshippers were attacked at St Anthony's Shrine, a Catholic Church in Kochchikade, Colombo, St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo, and at Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa - where more than 300 people are thought to have been injured. Pujuth Jayasundara reportedly said: "A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo".
And there have been recent reports of clashes between Sinhalese Buddhist and Muslim communities, with some hardline Buddhist groups accusing Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam.Today security officials told how six near simultaneous blasts hit three churches and three hotels popular with tourists.The death toll in the shocking attack has risen to 207, according to Sri Lanka's deputy transport minister - with just one of the church attacks said to have seen 300 victims.
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted: "I'm deeply shocked and saddened by the horrifying attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka today."My prayers are with the victims and their families, and with those assisting in the response."
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