BATTICALOA, SRI LANKA ¨C A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning.
Around 9 a.m. local time ¡ª roughly the same time a suicide bomber killed 29 of their fellow parishioners at the evangelical Zion Church two weeks ago ¡ª worshippers streamed silently into the hall.
Survivors of the attack on Easter Sunday ambled in on crutches or with an eye patch. Some clutched bibles. Many wiped away their tears.
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