Keeping vigilant: Sri Lankan army soldiers and civilians (left) form a protective chain around while military officials (below) stand guard in front of St. Anthony’s Shrine at Kochchikade church after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Right) Security personnel walking through debris following an explosion in St Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, north of Colombo.— Agencies
COLOMBO: A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka, killing 207 people, including dozens of foreigners.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks –the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war a decade ago – as “cowardly”, and said the government was working to “contain the situation”.
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