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Sri Lanka Easter attack toll hits 290

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Almost 300 people are now known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago.

Added on the 21/04/2019 09:00:00 - Copyright : AFP EN

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