Sri Lanka isn't accustomed to attacks on the scale of the coordinated bombings that killed at least 190 people and wounded hundreds of others, Amit Kabalana, an Israeli living in Sri Lanka, told Israel Hayom on Sunday.
"The hospitals are overloaded," Kabalana said.
Despite the horror of the bombings, Kabalana said Israelis shouldn't be afraid to visit the country.
"I've been living here for two years and I run a number of businesses. There are a lot of tourists here now, and we're lucky that it's the end of the season, so it does less damage to tourism. The question is how it will affect the next tourist season," he says.
Although no organization had claimed responsibility for the bombings at the time Israel Hayom spoke to Kabalana, the expatriate is certain that the attackers were Muslim.
"There's no chance they weren't Muslims, according to what people here are saying. In the past few years, people have started disliking the Muslims, even though they aren't refugees or immigrants – this is their home. But the hatred toward them has increased recently, and this is apparently their way of causing shock."
