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The country’s leaders are still addressing the trauma left by the Islamic State-claimed attack on Sri Lanka’s sizable Christian community, promising heightened security this week including body checks on attendees at some of the country’s largest Easter Sunday Masses.
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Bishops Conference issued a statement on Thursday recognizing the five-year anniversary of the massacre, demanding changes to the government generally and justice for the victims. A Sri Lankan Navy personnel stands guard as Catholic devotees pray at St Anthony’s church after it was partially opened for the first time on May 7, 2019, since the Easter Sunday attacks in Colombo.
The government of then-President Maithripala Sirisena was in a state of extreme turmoil at the time of the attacks, fueled by a power struggle between Sirisena, allied with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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