The Sri Lankan health ministry said the earlier higher death toll had resulted from the double counting of body parts
The force of the explosions so badly mutilated bodies that parts of victims were wrongly collated and identified in the initial confusion, officials said.
"In explosions like this, bodies get badly mutilated. It is not always possible to have complete bodies," he said.The sheer force of the suicide bombings at three churches and three hotels is clear from the damage sustained by the targeted buildings. He is seen carrying what appears to be a full and heavy backpack, before entering the church seconds before a massive blast.
Meanwhile the country’s president has said an Islamic extremist believed to have played a key role in the bombings led an attack against a Colombo hotel. He said the information came from military intelligence and was based in part on CCTV footage recovered from the scene.
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