At least 75 people were killed and more than 150 injured on Sunday when explosions rocked at least three churches and two hotels in the Sri Lankan capital as Christians celebrated Easter.

A graphic video showed the chaotic aftermath of one of the church bombings.

At least 52 people have been killed and hundreds injured after explosions in three churches and three hotels in and around the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo.The blasts hit several high end hotels and a church in Colombo, while two other churches were targeted outside Colombo.The nature of the explosions, which happened at around 8:45 am local time, was not immediately clear.The first explosions were reported at St Anthony's Church in Colombo and St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in the town of Negombo.Soon after the initial reports, four other blasts were confirmed by the police. Three of those were at hotels, while another was reported from a church in the town of Batticaloa.In Colombo, the blasts hit the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, the Shangrila and the Kingsbury.Only around six percent of mainly Buddhist Sri Lanka is Catholic, but the religion is seen as a unifying force because it includes people from both the Tamil and majority Sinhalese ethnic groups.