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'It was a river of blood': Dashcam footage shows explosion outside Sri Lanka church

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April 21, 2019 8:56 PM

The explosion outside Sri Lanka's St Anthony's Church in Colombo was captured on video by a vehicle's dashcam on Sunday morning (April 21).

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