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Sri Lankan Catholic Bishops' Conference urges govt to find culprits of 2019 Easter bombings

Colombo, Apr 17 (UNI) The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka in its special message for the upcoming Easter celebrations, urged the government to find the perpetrators and accomplices of the deadly terrorist attack in 2019, terming it a matter of great national urgency.
According to the Daily Mirror, a signed message was released by the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka, Bishop Harold Anthony Perera and Secretary General Bishop Anthony Jayakody, stating that this Easter marked the sixth anniversary of the terror attack by Islamic extremists.
The letter read: "This Easter also marks the sixth anniversary of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on innocent worshipers at Catholic and other Christian Churches and in other places in 2019, causing death and injuries to hundreds of people.
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