Sri Lanka blasts: 'We are sad, we are facing violence again'


A relative of a Sri Lankan victim of an explosion at a church weeps outside a hospital in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019. - AFP

PETALING JAYA: A Sri Lankan, who is related to a Malaysian, says Sri Lankans are sad but not fearful after the Easter terror attacks in Colombo killed over 200 people.

T. Christopher, 41, whose mother-in-law is Malaysian, said that the mood in Colombo following the attacks is sadness instead of fear.

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