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Tamils in London fear family and friends among dead in Sri Lanka
Prayer meetings held last night at Tamil churches in Tooting and Southall to take stock of the bombings
A woman grieves for the loss of her 12-year old niece at St Sebastian Church, in Negombo, Sri Lanka today

TAMILS in London are struggling to come to terms with the bombings in Sri Lanka amid fears that their families and friends could be among the hundreds of casualties.

Prayer meetings were held last night at Tamil churches in Tooting and Southall for congregations to take stock of the atrocities.

Father Elmo Jeyarasa, a Sri Lankan Tamil chaplain in London, told the Morning Star he was “shocked” by the blasts which had not been seen since the island’s civil war ended in 2009.

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