Sri Lankan expats shocked after blasts kill more than 200 people in Sri Lanka

Описание: “We feel dead inside right now”
Expats shocked after a series of blasts kills more than 200 people in Sri Lanka 

Sri Lankan expats in Oman have expressed their shock and grief in the wake of the deadly explosions that have left at least 207 people dead and hundreds more injured.

Nirmala Liyanage, the principal Sri Lankan School Muscat, said, “We have lived in such harmony for years.” She  told Times of Oman,  “We are multicultural, and we feel dead inside right now. We don’t know how to react to the attacks but have urged everyone not to spread rumours. We must meet and discuss whether school will be closed for mourning, but we know that schools in Sri Lanka will be closed on 22 and 23 April.”

The island nation was hit by at least eight blasts within a few hours of each other on Easter Sunday morning. Worshippers were targeted at the Kochikade, St. Sebastian's and Batticaloa Churches during Easter Mass. Other locations hit by the explosions which began around 08:45am include the Shangri La Hotel, Hotel Kingsbury and the Cinnamon Grand, where foreign tourists were counted among the dead.


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