스리랑카 부활절 폭발로 290명이상 사망, 24명 체포
The death toll has risen to nearly three-hundred due to the multiple blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Authorities say they've arrested two dozen people for the attacks... cited as the deadliest attack in the country's history in nearly a decade.
The international community has sent their condolences.
Kim Ji-yeon reports.
A series of explosions set off almost simultaneously across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday have left an estimated 290 people dead and more than 500 injured.
Among the fatal victims, at least 35 were foreign nationals.
Local police say at least 24 people have been arrested but had given no information about their identities nor affiliation to any terrorist group.
Sunday's attack has been the deadliest incident the country has witnessed since its civil war in 2009.
Addressing reports that officials had intelligence... the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka acknowledged late Sunday... security services had been aware of information prior to the attacks... and said the government is looking into why adequate precautions were not taken on time to prevent such tragedy.
The international community condemned the attacks... including Pope Francis who cited it as "cruel violence" in which the perpetrators have targeted innocent people celebrating Easter, one of the most important day of the year for Christians.
President Moon Jae-in in a Facebook message sent his condolences to the Sri Lankan people... saying he couldn't believe the tragedy... that resulted in so many innocent lives lost... adding that in no circumstances one should be targeted due to one's faith or belief.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
