Hundreds hurt as blasts hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels

Daily Mail

At least 207 people have died after suspected suicide bombers blew up churches and five-star hotels in an Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka.

The eight blasts today ripped through landmarks around Colombo and on Sri Lanka’s east coast, targeting Christians, hotel guests and foreign tourists and leaving at least 450 people wounded. 

Six bombs went off in quick succession before another two blasts two hours later in Sri Lanka’s worst violence since the end of its decades-long civil war in 2009.

The victims include at least 35 foreigners, believed to include Britons and Americans as well as nationals of Turkey, China, Portugal and the Netherlands.

As details of the horror emerged today, TV chef Shantha Mayadunne and her London-based daughter Nisanga were among the first victims named.

Meanwhile a manager at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo said the attacker had set off the horrific explosion in a packed restaurant at 8.30am, after waiting in a queue for a breakfast buffet.

Seven suspects have been arrested, as it emerged the country’s police chief had warned of an Islamic extremist plot to target ‘prominent churches’ just 10 days earlier, but no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Sri Lanka’s defence ministry has now ordered curfew with immediate effect ‘until further notice’ while access to social media messaging services has been shut down.

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One thought on “Hundreds hurt as blasts hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels

  1. Well, since folks are waking up to 9-11 “Muslims did it” crapola and more and more Christians are reconsidering Christian Zionism and are realizing hating Muslims solves nothing (and Jesus said love your enemies and turn the other cheek), the real culprits have to plot another course of direct destruction of Christianity. Let me know, Chabad, how those Noahide “laws” work out for ya….After all, you defeated God in a Talmudic debate, right, and after all, God must read and follow the Talmud…

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