Several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on the holy day of Easter were attacked and some persons killed, even as president Muhammadu Buhari expressed sadness over the unfortunate incident.

President Muhammadu Buhari made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday.

Buhari has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the attacks and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. “We stand with victims of terrorism all over the world because we know and understand this harrowing inhuman activity,” he said

According to the News Agency of Nigeria NAN, the president said that Nigeria stands with the people of Sri Lanka at this terrible moment, even as he urged the authorities not to spare the wicked elements behind these mischievous attacks.