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Katuwapitiya (Sri Lanka), Apr 4 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) Sri Lanka celebrated Easter Sunday among a wide security deployment two years after experiencing one of its most tragic days with the jihadist attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left 269 dead, including 45 children, and more than 400 injured. FOOTAGE OF POLICE CHECKPOINTS AND THE SUNDAY RESURRECTION MASS IN THE CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIÁN IN KATUWAPITIYAM, NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA, ONE OF THE CHURCHES WHERE THE TERRORIST ATTACK HAPPENED IN 2019.
Dozens take part in a candlelight vigil one week after the Easter Sunday suicide bomb blasts that killed 253 people in Sri Lanka . IMAGES of vigil
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic leader condemns the Easter attacks during a private mass as the country marks a week since suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels. IMAGES of Cardinal Malcolm, Sri Lanka PM and President attending the mass
Sri Lankan soldiers survey the scene after 15 people including six children die during a security forces operation in the aftermath of the Easter attacks. Three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and others were shot dead. IMAGES
CCTV footage shows a man carrying a rucksack walking and entering St Sebastian's Church in Negombo on Easter Sunday. At least 321 people were killed by suicide bomb blasts on that ripped through three hotels and three churches as worshippers attended Easter services. CCTV IMAGES
Morning breaks at St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, where dozens of people were killed in an explosion on Easter Sunday. The government on Tuesday imposed a state of emergency hours after it blamed a local Islamist group for a series of suicide bomb blasts that killed at least 290 people, including dozens of foreigners.
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