Security camera footage from outside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo shows a bearded man in a light blue shirt, navy trousers and sandals appear on a pathway and cross a courtyard outside the church. As he approaches his target, he passes a young girl and briefly pats her head and shoulder, with the young girl glancing up at him as he continues on towards the church. The 66-year-old retiree had come to St Sebastian's for Mass, but seeing how crowded it was, decided to try and find a service elsewhere. The suspect walks past two open doors connecting the church to the covered passageway outside, and enters the church through the third. Fernando's extended family, who were sitting outside the church, said they had seen the bomber.

Source: The Nation Bangkok April 24, 2019 08:37 UTC