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Catholic World News

Grenade found inside a church in Colombo

January 21, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: Colombo is the largest city in Sri Lanka and the site of the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 269 people and injured over 500.

Buddhism is the official religion of the South Asian nation of 23 million (map). Sri Lanka is 68% Buddhist, 13% Hindu, 9% Muslim, and 9% Christian.

The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.

 


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