Multiple blasts kill over 300 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels

As of 23 April, 310 people have been reported dead after simultaneous blasts hit three churches and three hotels frequented by tourists in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

An elderly woman is helped near St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP) 

This image made from video, released by Derena TV shows women in despair after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

A Sri Lankan Police officer inspects a blast spot at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

This image made from video, released by Derena TV shows police and emergency services at one of the blast sites in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Dead bodies of victims lie inside St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Relatives of a blast victim grieve outside a morgue in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

This image made from video provided by Hiru TV shows damage inside St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

People gather outside St. Anthony's Shrine where a blast happened, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)

Police officers clear the road as an ambulance drives through carrying injured of Church blasts in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo | AP)