BREAKING: Sri Lankan police spokesman says 207 dead, 450 injured in series of Easter Sunday blasts.
Sri Lanka’s defense minister says most of the eight blasts that rocked the capital and surrounding areas are suspected suicide attacks.
Six nearly simultaneous blasts went off Sunday morning in three churches where worshippers were celebrating Easter and in three luxury hotels frequented by foreign tourists. Authorities have imposed a 12-hour overnight curfew beginning at 6 p.m. after a series of coordinated deadly blasts rocked the heavily touristed island nation.Sri Lanka’s government has imposed a nationwide curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. following a series of blasts in and around the capital that killed at least 190 people.At least three churches, three luxury hotels and a guesthouse were among the targets of the Easter Sunday attacks.
The foreign minister says at least 27 foreigners were among those killed and that two police officers were killed during an operation to capture suspects from a safehouse in Dematagoda, the area outside Colombo where the eighth blast occurred.The defense minister says seven suspects linked to the blasts have been arrested.President Donald Trump is offering “heartfelt condolences” after the attacks in Sri Lanka but mistakenly says 138 million people have been killed.
Lebanon’s prime minister calls the attacks “blind terrorism” and offers solidarity to Sri Lanka’s people. Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis said: “I want to express my loving closeness to the Christian community, targeted while they were gathered in prayer, and all the victims of such cruel violence.”
It’s the worst bout of violence in Sri Lanka since the South Asian country’s bloody civil war ended a decade ago.Sri Lanka’s defense minister has blamed religious extremists for what he called the “unfortunate terrorist incident” involving a series of blasts at churches celebrating Easter Sunday services and luxury hotels.
Aupetit celebrated Easter Mass for worshippers displaced from normal services at Notre Dame because of Monday’s fire. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says 115 New Zealanders are registered as being in Sri Lanka but more are likely to be there. There is no indication New Zealanders are among the victims.European leaders are expressing horror at the attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
The UAE called upon “the international community to close ranks and uproot the scourge of terrorism in order to ensure international peace and security.”Bahrain, meanwhile, said “these acts of terrorism are incompatible with religious principles and human and moral values.” The series of blasts at three churches and three luxury hotels killed at least 138 people. It’s the worst bout of violence in Sri Lanka since the South Asian country’s bloody civil war ended a decade ago.Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced a series of attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka as “cruel and cynical.”
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith called on Sri Lanka’s government to launch a “very impartial strong inquiry” and to punish those found responsible “mercilessly because only animals can behave like that.” The near simultaneous attacks against three churches and three luxury hotels killed at least 138 people, according to a security official. It was the worst violence in the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago.
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