CriticalBombingDocumented
· Negombo, Sri Lanka
Easter bombing at St. Sebastian’s
St. Sebastian’s Church
- Killed
- 104
- Injured
- 120
- Structures
- 1
- Denomination
- Catholic
The deadliest of the Easter Sunday church bombings tore through Mass in the coastal town of Negombo. More than 100 parishioners were killed.
Negombo is a majority-Catholic town north of Colombo. The restored church keeps shrapnel-scarred statues as a memorial.
Source: The New York Times · Open report
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