So many questions unanswered : Sangakkara on last year's Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka

So many questions unanswered :  Sangakkara on last year's Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka

On the occasion of Easter Sunday, former Sri Lanka skipper and current Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president Kumar Sangakkara  condoled the demise of people who lost their lives during last year’s Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka and said someone must seek answers to the questions which still remain unresolved.

"We remember. So many questions still unanswered, but answer them someone must," Sangakkara tweeted. Over 250 people had lost their lives in the serial blasts at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka

On April 21, 2019, multiple blasts ripped through Sri Lanka when the Christian community was celebrating Easter Sunday. The explosions rattled churches and high-end hotels across the country, killing more than 250 people and injuring over 500. The island nation was put under a state of emergency for a period of four months from April to August.

The bombings, carried out by local Islamist extremists with suspected foreign ties, was claimed by the Islamic State. Police said that they have killed or arrested all suspects in various counter-terror operations carried out in the days after the mayhem.

Sri Lanka celebrated a quiet Easter Sunday amid the coronavirus lockdown, while remembering the victims of the terror attacks that killed at least 270 people on the resurrection day last year. People largely stayed indoors and offered prayers from home with the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, leading an Easter mass from a TV studio because of the pandemic.

Source Asian News International

13th April 2020