Sri Lanka bombings: first burials take place on day of mourning

Three-minute silence held as death toll reaches 321 and 40 arrested

Sri Lankans have started to bury the dead from Easter Sunday’s string of bombings that killed at least 321 people.

Tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning and white flags were hung from buildings across Colombo as a three-minute silence was held from 8.30am, about the time of the first of Sunday’s bombings that targeted three churches and three luxury hotels.

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