Death toll reaches 138 after Easter church blasts in Sri Lanka

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He says a number of injured were carried in ambulances.

Other blasts were reported at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, a majority Catholic town north of Colombo, and at Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa. St. Sebastian's appealed for help on its Facebook page. "Please avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation. The government is taking immediate steps to contain this situation."

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9NewsQueensland Dear God, you want gossip & 150 Christians have been murdered so far and it's climbing. Why don't you report the way you all reported on what happened in New Zealand, where is the disgust, where is the rage....where are the people from Islam crying out that it is wrong ? where

9NewsSyd Will she wear a cross in solidarity? No chance 🙄

9NewsMelb Just another attack at Dehiwala zoo in Srilanka.

No but I know one in NZ who is hiding in her hijab right now arderndoublestandard

9NewsMelb Old pub mate of mine sent this afterwards and he is good, hopefully any people that have any family loved ones or friends there are safe and well

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