Colombo: Suicide bombers were involved in at least two of the deadly blasts that ripped through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday killing around 160 people, according to police and hotel officials. The eighth blast, in a house in a northern suburb of the capital Colombo, was caused by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives when police entered the residence to search it, a police source told AFP. The explosion brought down the upper level of the house and killed three police officers, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "He came up to the top of the queue and set off the blast," he told AFP. The nature of the other blasts has not yet been confirmed, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the deadly attacks — the worst act of violence in Sri Lanka since the end of the country's bloody civil war a decade ago.

Source: Mint April 21, 2019 11:37 UTC