Following the bombings that killed scores of people in Sri Lanka on Sunday, the town of Negombo was a picture of grief. More from correspondent SBengali here:
Almost 300 people were killed in six near-simultaneous and coordinated explosions at three churches and three hotels.
They were among scores killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the packed church, a stalwart of a Catholic community that dates back five centuries. It was the deadliest in atargeting churches and luxury hotels across Sri Lanka that killed at least 290 people, wounded hundreds and plunged this island nation into its gravest crisis since the end of a brutal civil war a decade ago.
The bombings also pointed to the dysfunction plaguing Sri Lanka’s bitterly divided coalition government, with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe blaming President Maithripala Sirisena and law enforcement agencies for failing to act on warnings of a terrorist plot. In Colombo, authorities imposed a nighttime curfew for the second straight day, with the normally crowded streets and busy seaside promenade deserted after 8 p.m. Some social media sites, including Facebook and WhatsApp, were blocked by the government for a second straight day to curb what officials said was misinformation and rumors that could incite violence.
In Negombo, the local hospital said Sunday night it had received more than 104 bodies and was treating 100 wounded. The toll ticked upward Monday as injury victims succumbed to their wounds and missing worshipers were accounted for in the wreckage of the church.
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