Sri Lanka’s Christians afraid to attend church after blasts vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Members of Sri Lanka’s Christian minority have been left afraid to go to church after deadly attacks that hit Easter services, killing nearly 300 and stoking fears of communal violence.
The suicide bomb attacks were the worst atrocity in Sri Lanka since the country’s 37-year conflict with Tamil rebels ended a decade ago. But others said there had been warnings, and documents seen by AFP showed the country’s police chief had issued an alert on April 11 that warned a radical Muslim group planned to hit “prominent churches.”– ‘Living in fear’ –
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