The quiet of Easter Sunday was broken by abhorrent bombings that killed no less than 207 individuals in Sri Lankan chapels and inns.
It's not clear who's behind the eight blasts that constrained the whole nation of 21 million individuals to go on lockdown.
In any case, "these are absolutely demonstrations of fear," said Manisha Gunasekera, high official of Sri Lanka to the UK.
"This is an assault against the entire of Sri Lanka in light of the fact that Sri Lanka is multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-social nation, and the entire nation meets up in festivity of Easter Sunday."