“It was a river of blood,” said N. A. Sumanapala, a shopkeeper near St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo.
At least 207 people have been killed and 450 have been injured after a series of bombs rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, in attacks that targeted multiple churches and tourist-friendly hotels.
Sri Lankan security forces secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine on April 21 in Colombo, Sri Lanka Stringer/Getty Images “Please avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a Twitter post. “The government is taking immediate steps to contain this situation.”
“The bombings are not the doings of a fanatical individual. It’s obviously a highly coordinated attempt to create murder, mayhem and anarchy in the country,” Mangala Samaraweera, the country’s finance minister, warned, according to The Guardian. Sri Lanka went through a brutal civil war between 1983 and 2009, a conflict that was fought between Tamil militants and government forces.
“Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region,” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter. “India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured,” he continued.
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