Protesters demand justice after hundreds die in Easter bomb attacks

Thousands of people including Catholic clergy on Friday lined up for a silent protest on both sides of the main road connecting the capital, Colombo, with the country’s international airport

Sri Lankans went on a silent march to mark the fourth anniversary of the bomb attacks (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Thousands of Sri Lankans have held a protest in the nation’s capital, demanding justice for the victims of Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people.

The protesters want the government to uncover who they say are the real conspirators behind the attacks on three churches — two Catholic and one Protestant — that included simultaneous suicide bombings during Easter celebrations on April 21 2019.