On Wednesday, hundreds of Pakistani Muslims fled the multi-ethnic port an hour north of the capital, Colombo. The fallout from Sunday's attacks appears set to render them homeless once more. Two kilometres away, makeshift wooden crosses marked the new graves at the sandy cemetery of St Sebastian's Church, as the latest funerals on Wednesday took the number buried there to 40. Channa Repunjaya, 49, was at home when he heard about the blast at St Sebastian's. Most of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are Buddhist, but the Indian Ocean island's population includes Muslim, Hindu and Christian minorities.

Source: The Star April 25, 2019 03:22 UTC