In tearful ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics mark one month since bombings

Devotees light candles while praying in front of St Anthony's church, one of the churches attacked in the April 21st Easter Sunday Islamic militant bombings, during the first-month remembrance service, in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Weeping Sri Lankan Catholics lit candles and prayed in a memorial service outside a bombed church on Tuesday, one month after Easter bombings by Islamist militants killed more than 250 people.

The April 21 attacks, claimed by militant group Islamic State, targeted three churches and three luxury hotels, shocking the island and shattering a decade of relative peace after the end of a 25-year civil war.