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10 Indians killed in Sri Lanka serial blasts: Sushma Swaraj

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External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that ten Indians were killed in the serial blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday. The toll from the deadly suicide bomb attacks rose to 310, with several people dying of their injuries overnight.

Sushma Swaraj tweeted, “Regret to confirm the deaths of two more Indian nationals Mr. A Maregowda and Mr. H Puttaraju in the blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday, taking the total number of Indian deaths in the tragedy to 10 as of now.”

Police spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekera said that around 500 people were wounded in the blasts,. He added that 40 people were now under arrest in connection with the attacks, which Sri Lanka’s government has blamed on a previously little-known local Islamist group, National Thowheeth Jama’ath.

Sri Lankans woke to emergency law on Tuesday as authorities searched for those behind suicide bomb attacks. The president’s office declared that emergency law would come into effect from midnight, giving police extensive powers to detain and interrogate suspects without court orders. An overnight curfew was also put into effect.

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