Sri Lanka's Easter attacks

Today, Explained
Apr 22, 2019 23 min
Sri Lanka's Easter attacks
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Almost 300 people were killed in a string of bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. Roel Raymond reports from Colombo and Amarnath Amarasingam explains how this attack was both familiar and unprecedented. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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