The world was shooked on the 21st of April 2019 on an Easter Sunday with deadly blasts in several churches and famous hotels in Sri Lanka which has killed nearly around 359 people and leaving at least 500 injured. Sri Lanka had endured a war after almost 3 decades and it breaks everyone’s hearts to go through such events again as a united nation.
Among the dead, dozens of foreign nationalities were identified along with the Catholic worshippers in a place where you never have to question your safety nor your faith especially on an Easter Sunday to pray for love and peace among the people. As Sri Lankans, we are horrified and mourning with you at this devastating loss.
This act of terrorism proved the world that Sri Lanka stands together despite of anything from being in long queues to donate blood and funding for the wounded. As a human it physically aches one to think and see hundreds of coffins including the tiny ones among them being carried away from their left loved ones. Our fight is not with man but with evil and it is our duty not to let this evil win over love.
We will not let hatred, fear destroy the love and peace of our Island and we utterly condemn these cowardly acts and will not spare the ones who are responsible for this. Let us take a moment to appreciate all the three forces in uniform for protecting us by putting their own lives at risk, the medical staff of the hospitals for working tirelessly to save all the victims and finally the journalists who provided the truth to the nation.
To all citizens of Sri Lanka, it is a time of mourning and time to be calm and end this hatred terrorism once in for all like the times before. An attack on you is countable as an attack on us as we stand for humanity with love and harmony. Prayers for those families who have lost their loved ones and for those who are struggling. Spread peace, love not hatred and fear.