Sri Lanka Easter attacks: Who is responsible? | DW News

People in Sri Lanka are marking a national day of mourning in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombing attacks on churches and luxury hotels. Relatives of some of the victims gathered for a mass funeral at St Sebastian's church in Negombo, one of three churches hit in Sunday's attacks. Negombo is a small fishing town at the heart of Sri Lanka's small Catholic community. More than a thousand people gathered to pay their respects. Earlier, the nation observed three minutes of silence at 8:30 am local time, which is the moment when the first in a series of bombs detonated on Sunday morning. The death toll has now risen to 321. Intelligence chiefs reportedly warned police of a possible attack by local jihadist group "National Thowheeth Jama'ath". But those reports apparently never reached Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his cabinet. That revelation has the country searching for answers after a day of carnage that just might have been averted.
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