Colombo: The St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo bore the brunt of a series of powerful blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, with a top priest saying pieces of flesh were thrown all over the walls, on the sanctuary and even outside the church.

Father Edmond Tillekeratne, social communications director for the Archdiocese of Colombo, told CNN that about 30 bodies were lying in the church after the blast. He said three priests had been celebrating the mass at the time. Two of them were badly hurt by flying glass and debris, and one was lightly hurt because he was behind the altar.