(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Government of Sri Lanka has said it will compensate the families of victims caught up in the attacks on Easter Sunday (21) that killed 290 people.
The Government will pay Rs. 1 million to each victim in the attacks and about Rs. 100,000 to pay for the costs of the funeral processions, the Cabinet Spokesperson, Minister Rajitha Senaratne, said in a press briefing on Monday (22).
Senaratne also said that the Government will pay between Rs. 100,000 to Rs. 300,000 to the injured.
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