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COLOMBO, April 21-- Multiple blasts which shook Sri Lanka on Sunday have taken lives of 192 people while more than 470 others were injured, and a curfew has been declared nationwide, Sri Lankan authorities said. Altogether eight explosions have ripped through the country so far, with six blasts hitting in the morning and two in the afternoon. The curfew has been imposed from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. local time on Monday. The Sri Lankan government has also imposed a temporary ban on social media to prevent the spread of false information. Of the dead in the blasts, there are 35 foreigners, the police confirmed. Hospital sources had earlier said nine foreigners were among those killed while 13 others have been injured. Four Chinese nationals were injured in the explosions, the Chinese Embassy to Sri Lanka said. Both Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have condemned the attacks and appealed for calm. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the tri-forces and the police are conducting a thorough probe into the explosions. The Morning explosions occurred when hundreds of worshipers gathered at churches to commemorate Easter Sunday, the police said. Police spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said two explosions were reported from St. Anthony's Church in Kochchikade in capital Colombo and another church in Katana on the outskirts of the capital; a third explosion was reported from a church in Batticaloa in the east. | 
