Sri Lanka Detains Syrian in Investigation of Blasts, Toll Rises to 321

Silence is observed as a tribute to victims, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday, during a memorial service in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 23, 2019. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

COLOMBO—Sri Lankan police detained a Syrian among 40 people being questioned about the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, government and military sources said on April 23, as the toll from the coordinated bomb attacks rose to 321.

Officials said the attacks were carried out by at least seven suicide bombers on three churches and four hotels. About 500 people were also wounded.