Suicide bombers struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing more than 200 people in a highly coordinated attack that targeted Christians and foreigners in this island nation.
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, the worst violence here since the end of the civil war a decade ago. Thirteen people have been arrested, police said, and three police officers were killed in a raid on a house as they attempted to interrogate an individual.
The dead included “several” Americans, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. He blamed “radical terrorists.”
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said the suspects were “local.” He told reporters that elements of the government had prior intelligence about the attacks.

Nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites on Easter Sunday killed more than 200 people and wounded hundreds more in Sri Lanka’s deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago.

The snowy Mount Hermon site was painted white on Sunday morning, the first day of Chol Hamoed Pesach in Israel, having placed a fresh coat of white powder on the ski resort.
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