Christian and Hindu religious sites in Sri Lanka see increased security in wake of bombings that killed at least 207 people on Easter Sunday.
Following Sunday morning's deadly bombings of multiple churches in Sri Lanka, security has been boosted at both Christian and Hindu religious sites in the country.
Another site photographed in the tweet was St. Mary's Cathedral, an 18th century Roman Catholic church in the province's capital city of Jaffna. Three churches were attacked Sunday morning during Easter mass, by what authorities believed to be suicide bombers. St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade, a town located just north of Colombo, was the first reported explosion. The second church, St. Sebastian's, is also located north of the capital in the town of Negombo. The third church, Zion Church, is located in Batticaloa, a town situated about 200 miles east of Colombo on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka.
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