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GBK footbridge lights up in solidarity with Sri Lanka
The GBK footbridge is to be illuminated in the colors of the Sri Lankan flag for a week as an expression of solidarity with the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.
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The colors of the Sri Lankan flag light up the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) footbridge in Central Jakarta on Monday evening. (instagram/aniesbaswedan/-)
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he Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) footbridge in Central Jakarta is displaying the colors of the Sri Lankan flag in a show of solidarity, following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 310 people.
The GBK footbridge has been washed in yellow, green, orange and deep-red lighting since Monday evening.
The Sri Lankan flag features a yellow lion holding a sword against a maroon background, alongside green and orange vertical stripes in a yellow frame.
"From last night, the Gelora footbridge will be lighted with the colors of the Sri Lankan flag for one week," Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan posted Tuesday on his Instagram account (@aniesbaswedan).
Anies' post said the gesture was "a sign of Jakarta's solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Colombo", and condemned the bombings in the Sri Lankan capital as well as two other cities in the predominantly Buddhist country.
"We strongly condemn this barbarity," he wrote, and expressed heartfelt condolences for the victims on behalf of the Jakarta administration and all Jakartans: "Your grief is my grief, it is our grief."
Explosive devices were detonated at three churches, four hotels and a residence in Colombo, Batticalca and Negombo in a coordinated attack on April 21 that killed at least 310 people, including 31 foreign nationals, and injured at least 450, Sri Lankan authorities have said.
It was the first major attack on the island nation in the Indian Ocean since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.
Jakarta also expressed its solidarity with New Zealand following the Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15, illuminating three footbridges in the capital with the colors of the New Zealand flag, blue, red and white. (sau)
