Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (CNN) The first church Mohammed Nasar Mohammed Azar tried to blow up had already finished its service by the time he arrived. I told them that my children were there at Sunday school, but they would not let me in." After parking his bike outside the church, Vimalaretnam had gone to chat with her at the entrance, where she was handing out leaflets. "I saw everything burning, including the vans and bikes parked outside," Vimalaretnam said. Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris outside Zion Church following an explosion in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019.

Source: CNN May 05, 2019 00:56 UTC