Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena condemns the blasts while expressing his condolences to all those affected and families

In the wake of the multiple blasts which have hit Sri Lanka killing 156 (which include 35 foreigners) and injuring over 400 people on Sunday, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has condemned the blasts and shared a special message expressing his condolences to all those affected and families. දිවයිනේ ස්ථාන කිහිපයක සිදු වූ පිපිරිම්වලින් විපතට පත් සියලු දෙනාටම සහ පවුල්වල සාමාජිකයන්ට මාගේ ශෝකය ප්රකාශ කරන අතර මෙම මොහතේදී ජාතියක් ලෙස එක්ව සිට කටයුතු කරන ලෙස ද,මෙම ප්රහාරය පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙලා දකිමි pic.twitter.com/7sL57O0cij — Maithripala Sirisena (@MaithripalaS) April 21, 2019 (Blasts have occurred in several places on the island. I express my condolences to all those affected and families and to condemn this attack with disgust.) WATCH | NSA Ajit Doval Offers India's Assistance To Sri Lanka Over Six Serial Blasts Earlier the Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had issued a statement extending support to the people of the country. He also warned to not spread false reports regarding the blasts. I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today. I call upon all Sri Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong. Please avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation. The government is taking immediate steps to contain this situation. — Ranil Wickremesinghe (@RW_UNP) April 21, 2019 Extending India's support to the bereaved nation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tweeted condemning the horrific blasts, stating India's solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. He also shared his thoughts and prayers with the victims' families and the injured. "Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region. India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured," wrote the Prime Minister. Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region. India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured. — Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 21, 2019 He further wrote in Sinhala, his condemnation against terrorism and extended a feeling of empathy felt by India' to fight against terrorism and bring those responsible for the attack to justice'. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිදුවූ කුරිරු ත්රස්තවාදී ප්රහාරයන් ඉන්දියාව තරයේ හෙළා දකියි. ඉන්දියාව මෙම අවස්ථාවේදී ශ්රී ලංකා රජය සහ ජනතාව සමඟ සිටියි. ත්රස්තවාදයට එරෙහිව සටන් කළ යුතු බවත් ප්රහාරය සඳහා වගකිව යුත්තන් නීතිය හමුවට ගෙන ආ යුතු බවත් ඉන්දියාව අවධාරණය කර සිටියි. — Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 21, 2019 (India strongly condemns the brutal terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. India is at the same time with the Sri Lankan government and the people. India should emphasize the need to fight against terrorism and bring those responsible for the attack to justice) Three churches- St Anthony's Church in Colombo, St Sebastian's Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and another church in the eastern town of Batticaloa and three hotels the Shangrila, the Cinnamon Grand, and the Kingsbury were targeted, killing 156 people and injuring over 400, as per reports. The blasts occurred at around 8.45 a.m. (local time) as the Easter Sunday masses were in progress, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. Srilankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe will shortly be addressing the media.

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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena condemns the blasts while expressing his condolences to all those affected and families

In the wake of the multiple blasts which have hit Sri Lanka killing 156 (which include 35 foreigners) and injuring over 400 people on Sunday, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has condemned the blasts and shared a special message expressing his condolences to all those affected and families.

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