Sri Lanka: Multiple Blasts hit churches, hotels
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Sri Lanka: Multiple Blasts hit churches, hotels
The blasts occurred at around 8.45 am (local time) as Easter Sunday masses were in progress, PTI quoted police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera as saying.
According to a Reuters report, two leading hotels in Colombo were also hit by blasts.
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Very sad news
100+ got killed
138 killed, 400 injured in multiple explosions in Sri Lanka’s Colombo on Easter
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/blast...
Entire world has common problem and still no solution. Why only innocents everytime.
Easter Sunday blasts kill 207 people in Sri Lanka
At least 207 people were killed and around 500 others injured in a string of eight powerful blasts, including suicide attacks, which struck three churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, shattering a decade of peace in the island nation after the end of the brutal civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/pix-six-blas...
So much grief and pain. I was almost crying. When will people learn to live in peace. This world need immediate cure from disease known as terrorism.
Sri Lanka Suicide Bomber Queued At Hotel Buffet, Then Set Off The Blast
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/3-indians-kille...
Colombo was rocked with a fresh explosion on Monday in a van near a church in Sri Lanka where scores were killed the previous day.
Bomb squad officials were trying to defuse it when the bomb went off, news agency Reuters reported.
“The van exploded when the bomb defusing unit of the Special Task Force and air force tried to diffuse the bomb,” the witness said.
Elections are near in Sri Lanka?
there was one news report that some issues were there between PM and President some time back In Lanka
The Sri Lankan government on Monday announced that it will compensate the victims of the ghastly bomb blasts that hit churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing over 290 people and injuring over 500 others during Easter celebrations, according to a media report.
Eight coordinated explosions targeted Easter worshippers and high end hotels popular with international guests.
The blasts targeted St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and another church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 am (local time) as the Easter Sunday mass were in progress.
Three explosions were reported from the five-star hotels – the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury. Foreigners and locals who were injured in hotel blasts were admitted to the Colombo General Hospital.
Government spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne said that the each victim in the attacks will be paid 1 million Sri Lankan rupees ($5,722), while about 100,000 Sri Lankan rupees ($572) would be given for the costs of the funeral processions, The Sunday Times reported.
He said that the injured in the attacks would be paid between 100,000 Sri Lankan rupees ($570)- 300,000 Sri Lankan rupees ($1717).
The spokesperson also stressed that all the damaged churches will be completely repaired by the government.
Police have till now arrested 24 people, reportedly members of a Muslim radical group, in connection with the country’s bloodiest attacks in a decade.
— PTI
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka bombings that killed over 300 on Easter Sunday and injured over 500.
The powerful blasts — six in quick succession on Easter morning and then two more hours later — left the island nation grieving.
This was the worst violence to hit Sri Lanka since the civil war that ended a decade ago.
Dozens of other foreigners, including 8 Indians, are believed to be among those dead.
Sri Lanka bombings ‘revenge of NZ’; toll crosses 320
Sri Lanka’s worst terror attack targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday was carried out by local Islamic extremists in retaliation for the mosque shootings in New Zealand, a senior minister informed Parliament on Tuesday, citing results of the initial probe.
The death toll in the multiple blasts in Sri Lanka has risen to 129.
The blasts hit several high-end hotels and a church in Colombo, while two other churches were targeted outside Colombo, Sri Lanka police said.
The nature of the explosions, which happened at around 8:45 am local time, was not immediately clear and there were no immediate claims of responsibility.
The Sri Lanka government has called an emergency meeting, the Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution, Harsha de Silva, said in a tweet. “Emergency meeting called in a few minutes. Rescue operations underway,” he tweeted.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said he was shocked by the explosions and urged for calm.