Sri Lanka attacks: Archbishop of Wales condemns 'barbaric' acts

The Most Rev John Davies said the culprits had "sick minds"

Explosions killing more than 200 people in Sri Lanka have been called "barbaric" by the Archbishop of Wales.

Eight blasts were reported, including three at churches during Easter services.

A number of arrests have been made and a curfew is in place across Sri Lanka.

The Most Rev John Davies, who had earlier urged people to help each other to improve the world as part of his Easter message at Brecon Cathedral, said the culprits had "sick minds".

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"On the very day when Christians throughout the world were celebrating the truth that the barbarism and cruelty of Good Friday had not overcome love and justice, we were greeted by news of the atrocities in Sri Lanka," he said in response to the attacks.

"Cold, calculating and carefully planned barbaric acts of terror were launched against people exercising their freedom to worship, relax or go about their daily business.

"I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, those possessed of perverse and sick minds and who both planned and executed these dreadful attacks."

Eight blasts were reported in Sri Lanka, including three at churches during Easter services

Earlier in his Easter message, Mr Davies had earlier suggested one person helping another can lead to changing the world for the better.

"One of the things that sometimes is said - and I never believe it - is that people don't have the capacity to change the world. It's all too complicated, it's all too complex, it's all too difficult and challenging," he said.

"But what I always say is that one act of kindness, one act of generosity, one act of compassion, one act of forgiveness, one act of love, that one act from one person to another changes that other person's life.

"If one person's life is changed, then the world is changed, and changed for the better."