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Colombo, Apr 21 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Wednesday commemorated the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror attacks by observing a two-minute silence to remember the victims of the coordinated suicide blasts in 2019 - one of the deadliest attacks in the country s history.
Nine suicide bombers belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels on April 21, 2019, killing 258 people, including 11 Indians.
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2021-04-21 11:05:58 GMT2021-04-21 19:05:58(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, April 21 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan prime minister and legislators commemorated the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror attacks by observing a two minute silence on Wednesday to remember all the victims killed in the suicide blasts in 2019.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa observed the silence in honor of those killed at his official residence in Colombo while parliamentarians who were all dressed in black observed silence in the parliament complex ahead of the day s parliamentary sessions.
Meanwhile silence was also observed across the country as thousands gathered in churches and attended the events to remember the over 260 killed in the blasts by suicide attackers in the early hours of April 21, 2019.