Three children of Scotland's biggest landowner have been killed by suicide bombers in Sri Lanka. 

A spokesperson for Anders Holch Povlsen confirmed that three of his four children were among those killed after a number of attacks against churches and luxury hotels across the country on Easter Sunday. 

The Danish billionaire is Scotland's largest landowner. 

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The 46-year-old owns 12 estates, including Glenfeshie in the Cairngorms, totalling more than 220,000 acres, through his company Wildland Ltd. 

Denmark's Prime Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, said in a statement: "I can only condemn these disgusting terror actions, which are based on a grotesque view of humanity.

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"Our fears that there are Danes among the victims have regrettably been confirmed."

In an open letter posted to his Wildland website just last week, Anders Holch Povlsen said that he hoped his vision of rewilding land in Scotland would be passed on to his children when he is gone. 

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He wrote: “It is a project that we know cannot be realised in our lifetime, which will bear fruit not just for our own children but also for the generations of visitors who, like us, hold a deep affection the Scottish Highlands.”

Sri Lankan officials have described it as a terrorist attack by religious extremists. Most of the eight blasts are suspected suicide attacks.

Thirteen suspects have been arrested, according to officials. No-one has taken responsibility for the massacre.

Sri Lankan authorities blocked access to many social media services in the wake of the attack, with Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp all affected.

A nationwide curfew was imposed from 6pm to 6am and has since been lifted.