Over 207 people have been killed in Sri Lanka in a series of bombings that targeted churches celebrating Easter Sunday mass and a few hotels. Police are saying this is a coordinating attack led by a group of seven people who have been arrested. The Sri Lankan Defense Minister has urged people not to post the bombers names and to make them out as martyrs. A nearby shopkeeper to one of the churches said, “It was like a river of blood.” I’ll be honest I spent all yesterday, which in the east we call “The Saturday of Light”, extremely worried that something like this would happen again to Eastern Christians like it did before in Egypt and in Pakistan. It seems like too much to ask to be left in peace on our holiest day. I wonder if there will be any calls to raise money for the victims and to rebuild their churches. Or will the world look on as we continue to die.
not a rebuilding fundraiser, but here’s a relief fundraiser for the victims’ medical expenses
