In Sri Lanka, church services and silent marches were held to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks in 2019. teleSUR
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00:00In Sri Lanka, church services and silent marches were held to commemorate the fifth anniversary
00:05of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks in 2019.
00:09The tragedy, perpetrated by seven terrorists in three churches and two luxury hotels, killed
00:15279 people, among them 40 foreigners from the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
00:22On Wednesday, April 17, the Archbishop of the City of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith,
00:29pointed out that although the government is keeping the investigation open to uncover
00:33the motives for the attacks, it has remained at a standstill for five years.
00:39For its part, the Catholic Church declared that it has initiated the process to declare
00:44as martyrs the faithful who died in the tragedy.
00:55Those who have governed the country during the last four to five years tried to hush
00:58up the Easter attack.