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Sri Lankan authorites say terrorists are behind the attacks
More than 200 people were brutally murdered and hundreds others injured in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in what appears to have been coordinated attacks on churches and luxury hotels.
The shocking attacks have left the country, an island-nation just off the southeastern coast of India, in a state of complete lock-down, according to CNN.

"It was a river of blood," one witness told the New York Times. "Ash was falling like snow. I saw limbs and heads. There were children too."
The attacks earned global condemnation Sunday morning, including from Pope Francis. It is estimated that more than 80 percent of Sri Lankan Christians are Roman Catholics.
President Donald Trump said on social media the U.S. stands prepared to help Sri Lankan authorities following the tragedy.
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