ChinesePod News (April 22, 2019)br br A wave of coordinated explosions have been reported across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Three churches and three luxury hotels were subjected to the attacks. More than 200 people were reported dead and hundreds more injured, with expected death tolls to rise. Defense officials have linked the attacks to religious extremists and suicide bombers. br br NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at br This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: br br 连环 a series ofbr 锁定 to targetbr 罹难 to die in a disasterbr 激进份子extremistbr 宵禁 curfewbr br Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!br ===================================br Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.