Photos and names of Sri Lanka bombings executors

A number of Telegram accounts published pictures of a person named Zahran Hashim calling for supporting Daesh and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, believed to belong to the Al-Tawhid group, two other members are Abu-Para al-Selani and Abu-Mukhtar al-Sailani.

The three are suicide bombers responsible for the bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21.

Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing attacks which targeted churches and hotels across Sri Lanka, Sky News channel reported on Tuesday.

The terrorist group made the announcement on its affiliate website, the Aamaq news agency, but it provided no evidence on the claim.

A series of coordinated attacks hit Sri Lanka on Sunday, leaving hundreds of people dead and wounded.

Following the attacks, a nationwide curfew was declared and several social media websites were blocked.

The death toll from the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka has risen to 310 and police say they have arrested 40 suspects, SBS reported Tuesday.

As a state of emergency took effect on Tuesday giving the Sri Lankan military wartime powers, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara confirmed the raised death toll.

President Maithripala Sirisena declared Tuesday a day of mourning.

The six near-simultaneous attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels and three related blasts later on Sunday were the South Asian island nation's deadliest violence in a decade since a bitter civil war ended.