COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic leader on Sunday condemned the Easter attacks as"an insult to humanity" as the country marked a week since suicide bombers hit three churches and three luxury hotels.
The archbishop began his mass with an appeal for peace and unity in the multi-ethnic South Asian which has been put on edge by the attacks which also left nearly 500 injured. "In the same way, we pray that in this country there will be peace and co-existence and understanding each other without division."
The government has blamed the attacks on a local radical Islamist group affiliated to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terror group, which has claimed responsibility. In a statement posted on Saturday by the ISIS propaganda unit, the Amaq News Agency, ISIS said the three men were part of the group and detonated their bombs after the fight with police.