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In Sri Lanka today, morning continues.

On Sunday coordinated bomb attacks tore through three luxury hotels and three Christian churches during Easter services.

More than 300 people were killed.

The government reacted swiftly, blocking social media sites and declaring a state of emergency.

Police have already detained 40 suspects.

The Defense Minister claimed the bombings were carried out in retaliation for last month's attacks on mosques in New Zealand.

The President, Mythropala Serisena, condemned the atrocity.

Sri Lanka is no stranger to sectarian violence. Nearly three quarters of its 22 million people are Buddhist.

The rest are split between Hindu, Muslim and Christian minorities.

For nearly 27 years, militant members of the Tamil ethnicity itself made up predominantly of Hindus thought the Sri Lankan government.

Civil war between the government and the tigers who are fighting for a Tamil homeland elam began in 1983.

Some 60,000 people on both sides have since died in the violence.

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