NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka — The coffins came one by one, some heavy and others unusually light. As bulldozers tore into the fresh earth, clearing an enormous burial ground, barefoot men dripping with sweat scooped shovelfuls of dirt. “I don’t even know what to say,” said Lasanthi Anusha, whose son stood looking at the grave of his friend. “There were even smaller ones.”Mass burials of the victims of Sunday’s suicide attacks in Sri Lanka, which killed more than 300 people, including dozens of children, began on Tuesday. In Negombo, the site of the deadliest attack, armored personnel carriers lined the roads as funeral rites unfolded amid intense security and sadness.

Source: New York Times April 23, 2019 19:05 UTC