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Sun rises over St Anthony's church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, one of the blast sites in the Easter Sunday blasts that took at least 290 lives. Authorities imposed on Tuesday a state of emergency hours after blaming a local Islamist group for the attacks, with 24 people arrested so far. IMAGES
Authorities comb through St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo as the death toll from Sunday's bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in the country rose dramatically Monday to 290. IMAGES
Colombo, Dec 24 (EFE/EPA).- The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, held Christmas Eve midnight Mass at the Church of Saint Sebastian.Christians make up seven percent of Sri Lanka's population of 21 million people.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: THE CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT MASS AT THE CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIAN IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Mar 7 (EFE/EPA).- Roman Catholic Church in Colombo held a peaceful Black Sunday protest to demand justice for victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed at least 270 people on the resurrection day in 2019. Catholic devotees and the protesters urged the Sri Lankan government to expedite legal action to bring to book the culprits involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN CATHOLIC DEVOTEES AND PROTESTERS DRESSED IN BLACK DURING A PEACEFUL ‘BLACK SUNDAY’ PROTEST URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE LEGAL ACTION TO BRING TO BOOK THE CULPRITS INVOLVED IN THE 2019 EASTER SUNDAY BOMB ATTACKS, AT THE ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN KOCHCHIKADE, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka on Tuesday relived the painful memories of the deadly Easter bombings that killed more than 250 people, and injured around 500 exactly a year ago on Apr. 21.Shenobe Charles, 25, vividly remembers the agonizing sound she heard while being thrown to the floor on that fateful day at the St. Anthony's Shrine, situated in Colombo's Kochchikade area. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOTLIST:- B-ROLLS OF THE REFURBISHED ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH AT KATUWAPITIYA IN NEGOMBO, 38 KILOMETERS FROM COLOMBO.- STATEMENTS OF REVEREND FATHER JOY MARIYARATNAM OF ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH WHO WAS ONE AMONG THOSE CONDUCTING MASS ON THE FATEFUL EASTER SUNDAY IN 2019 AT THE ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN KOCHCHIKADE.- THE CEMETERY WITH THE GRAVES OF THE EASTER SUNDAY 2019 SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK VICTIMS AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH. - PRADEEP SUSANTHA SEATED AMONG THE GRAVES OF FOUR OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH KATUWAPITIYA IN NEGOMBO.- AN EVENING VIEW OF THE ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN KOCHCHIKADE, ONE OF THE SITES OF THE SUICIDE ATTACKS.- STATEMENT OF REVEREND FATHER SHAMEERA RODRIGO, WHO WAS ONE AMONG THOSE CONDUCTING MASS ON THE FATEFUL EASTER SUNDAY IN 2019 AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN KATUWAPITIYA. - CALISTUS PERERA HOLDS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS WIFE AND SON, WHOM HE LOST DURING THE SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2019 AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN KATUWAPITIYA, NEGOMBO.- NADULA DEEMANTHA, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF ROCHANA SATHRUWANI, A VICTIM OF THE 2019 EASTER SUNDAY SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH KATUWAPITIYA SHOWS A FRAMED PORTRAIT OF HIS SISTER AT THEIR RESIDENCE AT KATUWAPITIYA IN NEGOMBO.- SANJEEWANI FERNANDO, MOTHER OF ROCHANA SATHRUWANI A BOMB VICTIM OF THE ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN KATUWAPITIYA, SHOWS HER DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL EXERCISE BOOK AT THEIR RESIDENCE IN KATUWAPITIYA, NEGOMBO.- OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL WHICH HAS BEEN REFURBISHED AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2019 IN COLOMBO- OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE KINGSBURY HOTEL WHICH HAS BEEN REFURBISHED AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2019 IN COLOMBOSOUNDBITES: REVEREND FATHER JOY MARIYARATNAM AND REVEREND FATHER SHAMEERA RODRIGO (IN ENGLISH).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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