An island country in the Indian Ocean is the scene of today's first story.
The nation of Sri Lanka is reeling from a series of terrorist attacks that targeted churches and hotels on Easter Sunday. At least 290 people were killed and 500 or more were injured when the coordinated attacks took place.
Most of them happened in the same time frame, between 8:45 and 9:30 on Sunday morning. Suicide bombers detonated their explosives at three churches across the country.
At around the same time, more explosions took place at three luxury hotels in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. And later on Sunday, there was a blast at a hotel near a zoo. And a final explosion happened in a private house as police were raiding it in connection with the previous attacks.
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