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Christian Leaders in Sri Lanka Meet with Prime Minister Regarding Easter Bombings 12/20/2020 Sri Lanka (International Christian Concern) – According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa regarding families affected by the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings of three churches. On April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday, suicide bombers attacked three churches and several luxury hotels across Sri Lanka in coordinated attacks. Some 350 people, many of them Christians celebrating Easter, were killed as a result of the bombings. ISIS took credit for the attacks. “ We are doing all this because of the people who have been affected by the Easter Sunday attacks,” Cardinal Ranjith said. “

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