Pope Francis, politicians and other world leaders express solidarity with Sri Lanka after deadly blasts kill over 200 people on Easter Sunday
Sri Lankan media and security personnel walk past bodies covered with blankets amid blast debris at St Anthony's Shrine following an explosion in the church in Colombo on April 21, 2019.
"I learned with sadness and pain of the news of the grave attacks, that precisely today, Easter, brought mourning and pain to churches and other places where people were gathered in Sri Lanka," Francis said in his traditional Easter Sunday "Urbi et Orbi" message. “This barbaric attack in Sri Lanka once again demonstrated the need for a decisive fight against all kinds of terrorism,” Erdogan said in a separate statement Sunday.I condemn in the strongest terms possible the Easter terror attacks inOn behalf of the Turkish people, I offer my condolences to the families of the victims and the people ofMinister Jacinda Ardern condemned the "devastating" attacks.
"New Zealand rejects all forms of extremism and stands for freedom of religion and the right to worship safely," she added. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was thinking of those killed in a "horrific terrorist attack". The acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling, and my deepest sympathies go out to all of those affected at this tragic time.— Theresa May "It is shocking that people who had gathered to celebrate Easter were the deliberate target of vicious attacks," she said.
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