British citizens were caught in the blasts in Sri Lanka that killed 138 people and injured more than 500, the UK’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has said.
Christians attending Easter Sunday services are believed to have been the targets of the suspected terrorist attacks. Mr Dauris said the churches ‘were busy with Easter Sunday worshippers, the hotels with local people and foreign visitors’. He told the BBC: ‘We were in our room and heard a large explosion. It woke us up. There were ambulances, fire crews, police sirens.‘We were told there had been a bomb. Staff said some people were killed. One member of staff told me it was a suicide bomber.’The Prime Minister said ‘no one should ever have to practise their faith in fear’.
And our MSN will cover up and shut down the story asap.Shameful dereliction of their duty.We need to know what we are your job,protect us all,not just your chosen few!
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