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Two Australians among hundreds killed in Sri Lanka bombings
Two Australians are among 290 people killed in terrorist attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed.
Mr Morrison said both victims were members of the same family and were living in the country at the time.
Two other Australians, both women, one in her 50s and the other in her 20s, are among hundreds of people who were injured in the Easter Sunday attacks.
Mr Morrison said one woman received shrapnel wounds and the other suffered a broken leg.
Earlier today Sri Lankan authorities confirmed the death toll from the attacks had risen to 290, with around 500 injured.
Authorities also confirmed today they had "prior information" of an imminent attack on churches, up to 10 days before the bombings.
The coordinated bombings were carried out by seven suicide bombers, a government investigator said.
An analysis of the attackers' body parts made clear that they were suicide bombers, forensic crime investigator Ariyananda Welianga said.
He said most attacks were by one bomber, with two at Colombo's Shangri-La Hotel.
More to come.
ABC/AP
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