Multiple explosions rocked three churches and three luxury hotels
in Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday mass, leaving at least 138 dead in the worst violence since the civil war ended a decade ago.
An emergency security council meeting had been called to review the attacks that seem to be coordinated, Harsha de Silva, minister of economic reform and public distribution, said by phone. ‘Rescue operations underway,’ de Silva said on Twitter. ‘Many casualties including foreigners. Horrible scenes.’
’Sri Lanka is just about recovering from a civil war and so obviously this is not a good sign for a country that could have an ASEAN-like growth track if it got down to it,’ Joshi said.
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