Three danes were killed in the bloody terrorist attack: we know That until now

One of the absolute holiest days for christians the world over was on Sunday turned into a horrifying nightmare as Sri Lanka in the course of the morning and the morning was hit by a total of eight bloody explosions.

Preliminary 207 people, including 36 foreigners, lost their lives during the attacks, which took place at hotels and in the catholic churches. 450 is wound.

the foreign ministry's Citizen service confirms that three danes are among those killed, and that their relatives are informed.

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the Explosions hit in the country's capital, Colombo, as well as in the cities of Dehiwela and Negombo, located near the capital.

The three affected churches are St. Sebastian's in Katuwapitiya, which is north of Colombo, St. Anthony's Church in Kochcikade, Colombo, and a church in Batticaloa in The Eastern Province.

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How it looked around in Sri Lanka in the minutes after the attacks. Video: AP

The first three hotels is the Shangri-La Colombo, the Kingsbury Hotel and the Cinnamon Grand Colombo.

on Sunday morning, Danish time, the country was hit by a further two explosions, the first of which hit a fourth, smaller hotel close to the zoo.

Shortly after hit the eighth explosion in a suburb north of Colombo.

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of the 13 persons arrested for Sunday's bomb attack in Sri Lanka, informs the reporter Azzam Ameen from the BBC.

Previously sounded message from the country's prime minister otherwise, that only seven were arrested.

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the Rest of those arrested were, according to the BBC apprehended when the police discovered a house in Sarikkamulla, that supposedly should be used as a hiding place for the perpetrators.

The sri lankan secretary of defense designates at a press conference, condemned the attacks as 'terror' and goes on to say, that all those guilty will be imprisoned as soon as possible.

according to the minister of defence have been identified.

the Authorities in Sri Lanka have imposed a nighttime curfew with immediate effect.

It is unclear when it will be repealed. At the same time, the country's government has closed down all of the major social media and messaging services.

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the Attack came as a gigantic shock on one of the year's holiest days for the globe's christians, but perhaps not completely out of the blue.

In each case it informs the Sri Lankan police, Pujuth Jayasundara, that the authorities already ten days ago were warned of the risk of coordinated attacks on various targets, including attacks against well-known churches.

the police chief was referring to the intelligence from abroad on suicide attacks, which should be planned by a radical muslim group in Sri Lanka - the group of the NTJ (National Thowheeth Jama'ath).

No one has yet claimed responsibility for today's terrorist attacks.

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NTJ is previously set in connection with the vandaliseringer of Buddha statues in Sri Lanka. There has been a ten year long pause in the fighting in the country's 26 year long civil war between the government and tamil separatists. Until 2009, stood the rebels regularly behind the bomb attacks in the capital.

at Least 100,000 people lost their lives during the protracted conflict, which was completed when the military conducted a lengthy and comprehensive major offensive against The Tamil Tigers. The movement was then totally destroyed.

Security has now been tightened all over the Sri Lanka, which has about 22 million inhabitants.

70 percent are buddhists, 12,6 percent are mostly hindu, 9.7% are muslims and 7,6 percent is christian, and shows a state inventory from 2012.

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At 18: 30 held the prime minister a press conference about the tragic attack, where he expressed his deepest condolences to both the families to the victims and the long-suffering sri lankan people.

- My deepest condolences go to the victims ' family. There are not words for what they just now have to go through. We do everything we can to help the stricken danes, said a clearly touched mr Lars Løkke and stressed the importance of the free world must stand firm when the tragedies hit.

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A plane from the Defense flew on Sunday evening from Denmark to Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo. It aims to help distressed danes, inform the center director of the foreign ministry's Citizen service, Ib Petersen, to Ritzau.

- In the plane there will be people from the foreign ministry's Citizen service, the police and the akutberedskabet with the aim to assist the danes, who might be in need out there, " he says.

the foreign ministry Citizens ' services estimates that there are around 1000-2000 danes in Sri Lanka right now.

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