The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka held the first regular Sunday Mass since the Easter suicide bombings.
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka held the first regular Sunday Mass since the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels killed more than 250 people.
Volunteers were stationed at the gates of churches to identify parishioners and look for suspicious individuals. Seven suicide bombers struck two Catholic and one Protestant church and three luxury hotels on Easter Sunday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks, carried out by a local radicalized Muslim group.
Church authorities are also mulling reopening church-run schools on Tuesday if they can be satisfied with security.
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