Sri Lanka falls silent for victims of Islamic attack
Priests and relatives carrying the coffin of a bomb blast victim after a funeral service at St Sebastian’s church in Negombo today, two days after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. – AFP pic, April 23, 2019.
SRI Lanka began a day of national mourning today with three minutes of silence to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed on a local Islamist group. Flags were lowered to half-mast on government buildings, and people bowed their heads and reflected silently on the violence that has caused international outrage.
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