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CCTV footage from Colombo's Kingsbury Hotel showed the suicide bomber entering the hotel and the moment of the blast on Easter Sunday.
Catholic leaders cancelled Sunday Masses indefinitely across Sri Lanka and officials urged Muslims to stay home for Friday prayers in an extraordinary call by the clergy to curtail worship, as fear of more attacks plagued the island nation after the deadly suicide bombings.
Shops were closed, streets were empty and heavy security patrols continued across the country despite police saying the alleged mastermind of the attacks that killed over 250 people had died in one of the suicide blasts.