Easter blasts: Sri Lanka imposes emergency as death toll mounts to 290

Number of Indians killed in the serial blasts rises to 8; attacks carried out with the help of an international network

•  A ninth explosive device, a six-foot pipe bomb, was found at Colombo International Airport on Monday. It was successfully defused
• Sri Lankan police found 87 bomb detonators at the main bus station in Colombo on Monday, a spokesman said
• Seven Lankan suicide bombers involved in Easter blasts; 24 arrested as toll rises to 290
• A local outfit identified as the National Tawheed Jamath is suspected of plotting the blasts, a top Sri Lankan minister said 
• Sri Lanka enforced a state of emergency from midnight on Monday in the wake of the blasts, enhancing the counter-terrorism powers of the security forces. The decision was