A purported video footage of a bomb blast in Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony s church has emerged on social media. A dashcam footage of the blast shows smoke coming out of the St. Anthony s church in Kochikade after the blast. News Nation could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.
As many as 170 people were killed while over 400 others, including foreign nationals, sustained serious injuries as six near-simultaneous explosions rocked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning.