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This Article is From Apr 23, 2019

Number Of Dead In Sri Lanka Blasts Rises To 310, 40 Arrested: Police

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.

Number Of Dead In Sri Lanka Blasts Rises To 310, 40 Arrested: Police
Sri Lankan security personnel inspect the debris of a car after it explodes. (AFP)
Colombo, Sri Lanka:

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.

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