Senior members of the Mannar branch of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama called on Mannar Bishop Rev. Fr. Dr. Emmanuel Fernando and expressed grief over the deaths caused by Easter Sunday bomb blasts.
They also condemned the attacks.
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