Veterans, descendants of veterans, members of the Armed Services, military bands and school children take part in the Anzac Day march in Sydney, Australia, April 25, 2019. AAP Image/Dean Lewins/via REUTERS
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands gathered in Australia and New Zealand at Anzac Day memorials on Thursday amid heightened security following the shooting massacre at Christchurch mosques and deadly suicide bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.
A Sri Lankan government minister says the bombings on Easter Sunday were retaliation for the Christchurch massacre on March 15, in which a lone gunman killed 50 Muslim worshippers at two mosques. New Zealand says it has no evidence of a link.
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