Rabat, April 22 -- King Mohammed VI has sent a message of condolence and compassion to the president of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, following Sunday's terror attacks on churches and hotels, which left as many as 290 dead and 500 wounded.

In the message, the King said that he had learned with deep sorrow the news of the terrorist attacks that targeted churches on Easter Sunday and hotels in parts of Sri Lanka.

In this painful circumstance, the sovereign expressed to the president of Sri Lanka, the victims' families, and the Sri Lankan people, his deep condolences and compassion, imploring God to give them patience and comfort and fast recovery to the wounded.

King Mohammed VI also expressed Morocco's firm condemnation of the terror...