Police have arrested at least 24 people for a series of explosions - six confirmed to be by suicide bombers - in Sri Lanka which left at least 290 people dead.
Colombo - Police have arrested at least 24 people in connection to a series of explosions in Sri Lanka which left at least 290 people dead as investigators confirmed six of the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers, officials said on Monday.
The Government Analyst's Department under the Defence Ministry was further probing whether two bombers were involved in one of the hotel attacks, which would mean seven suicide bombers were involved. The death toll increased overnight as more victims died in hospital and several other bodies were discovered.
Authorities have so far located a van believed to have transported the bombers and the house where they stayed in the outskirts of the capital Colombo.
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