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In this Sunday April 21, 2019, photo, a Sri Lankan Police officer inspects a blast spot at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities blame seven suicide bombers of a domestic militant group for coordinated Easter bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels which killed and injured hundreds of people. It was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, file)

Dieter Kowalski, Colorado man, identified as first American victim in Sri Lankan bombings

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Relatives weep near the coffin with the remains of 12-year Sneha Savindi, who was a victim of Easter Sunday bombing at St. Sebastian Church, Monday, April 22, 2019 in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities blame seven suicide bombers of a domestic militant group for coordinated Easter bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels which killed and injured hundreds of people. It was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Sri Lanka bombing victims were from at least 12 countries

Associated Press

Dhannitha Meemanage, from Sri Lanka, bags cashews in his family's grocery store, in New York's Staten Island's &quot;Little Sri Lanka&quot; community, Monday, April 22, 2019. Sri Lanka’s abrupt shutdown of social media sites in the wake of the string of deadly Easter Sunday terror attacks has left worried friends and relatives in places like “Little Sri Lanka” in the dark. Meemanage, turned to old-fashioned means of getting news about loved ones after the attack, a landline phone. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Sri Lanka expats wait to reconnect amid social media block

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Easter Sunday blasts kill at least 207 in Sri Lanka

By Bharatha Mallawarchi and Krishman Francis - Associated Press

Blood stains are seen on the wall and on a Jesus Christ statue at the St. Sebastian's Church after blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than two hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Man recalls death of daughter, wife in blast

Associated Press

Dead bodies of victims lie inside St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than two hundred people were killed and hundreds more injured in eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)

Sri Lanka military gets special powers after deadly bombings

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Pakistani Christians hold a candle light vigil for the for the victims of bomb explosions in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, April 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Nancy Pelosi, other lawmakers offer condolences in Sri Lanka after Easter bombings

By Lauren Toms, Gabriella Muñoz and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Relatives of a blast victim grieve outside a morgue in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than hundred were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, the worst violence to hit the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Explosions kill at least 207 in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

By Bharatha Mallawarachi and Krishan Francis - Associated Press

Sri Lankan army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than hundred people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized from injuries in near simultaneous blasts that rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a security official told The Associated Press, in the biggest violence in the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/ Rohan Karunarathne )

A look at Sri Lanka’s troubled recent history marked by war

Associated Press

This image made from video, released by Derena TV shows women in despair after an explosion in Colombo, Sunday, April 21, 2019. Witnesses are reporting two explosions have hit two churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, causing casualties among worshippers.(Derena TV via AP)

The Latest: Japan confirms 1 fatality in Sri Lanka blasts

Associated Press

EU urges Sri Lanka not to end moratorium on death penalty

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Sri Lanka urged to halt death penalty plan

Associated Press

Sri Lanka destroys cocaine, to resume capital punishment

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Sri Lankan president distances himself from pledges to UN

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Sri Lanka begins work on $3.9B refinery near China-run port

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, left, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe attend a special session held to mark the country's seventieth anniversary of the first parliament of democracy, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sirisena has kept his country’s internal political rift from spilling over to a UN human rights council meeting this week by abandoning plans to oppose his prime minister’s decision to co-sponsor a resolution that would give the island nation more time to address war crime allegations stemming from its long civil war. The co-resolution to be adopted on March 21, 2019 would give Sri Lanka two more years to investigate and prosecute suspects of rights violations. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka averts rift spilling over to UN rights session

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Japan agrees to provide loan for Sri Lanka’s light-rail line

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Sri Lanka military teams with police to fight drugs scourge

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2007, file photo, people walk past the dead body of a whale in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been forged: conservationists and shipping companies have aligned in a bid to move one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, to save the blue whales often spotted feeding there. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Alliance to save blue whales from ships stalled by Sri Lanka

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Sri Lanka's finance minister Mangala Samaraweera, center, shows his folder carrying government's budget proposal for the year 2019 to opposition as he enters the Parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka government boosts budget ahead of elections

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press