Pompeo says ‘vile attacks’ in Sri Lanka killed several American citizens

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Several U.S. citizens were killed by the bombs that ripped through churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, according to the State Department.

The attacks, some of which appear to be suicide bombings, targeted three luxury hotels and three churches just outside of Sri Lanka’s capital. The explosions mark the worst violence in the country since the end of its protracted civil war a decade ago.

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