'Shattered': Sri Lankan cricketer recounts church bombing horror
Police officers work at the scene at St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka on Monday. Photo: Reuters / Athit PerawongmethaSri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka and Thisara Perera in action against South Africa in August 2018. Photo: Reuters / Dinuka LiyanawatteNEGOMBO – Sri Lankan cricketer Dasun Shanaka barely survived one of the deadly blasts that killed more than 320 people in the island nation on Easter Sunday, and says the horrific scenes have left him “scared” to go out.
It was among six churches and hotels targeted by suicide bombers who killed 321 people and injured hundreds more - the worst violence seen in the country since a civil war ended a decade ago.“Normally I would have gone to church... I was tired,” Shanaka told the website in comments published Monday.
“The entire church was destroyed, absolutely shattered, and people were dragging lifeless bodies outside.” More people are believed to have died in the blast at St Sebastian's than any of the other attacks, with the local hospital receiving more than 100 bodies.“If you saw the scene, you would know there was no way anyone inside could have survived, because simply the debris from the blast had injured everyone even in the vicinity,” Shanaka told Cricinfo.
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