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· 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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