Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO - Two Sri Lankan churches and two hotels were hit by explosions on Easter Sunday, wounding several people, police sources said. The hotels and one of the churches are in the nation’s capital Colombo. The other church is in Negombo, north of Colombo. A source in the police bomb squad said that one of the explosions was at St Anthony’s Church in Kochcikade, Colombo. “Our people are engaged in evacuating the casualties,” the source said.
Sources from two leading tourist hotels in Colombo also confirmed the explosions but did not give any details.St. Sebastian’s church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo posted pictures of destruction inside the church on its Facebook page, showing blood on pews and the floor, and requested help from the public.Reporting by Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez; Edited by Martin Howell
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This is terrible, especially during the tourists holiday season approaching !
This is just heartbreaking to hear...
🙏🙏🙏
3 Churches and 3 Hotels. This is a fast moving situation - try and keep up.
Terrorists are never silent, they are always anti-peace. Deep sorrow for church congregants and hotel guests in Sri Lanka who were hit by a bomb blast
I don't think it was the Buddhists
Once again the relision of Peace shows it's true colours 😡😡😡😡😡
Sri lanka? Hahahhahahqqhhahqhaha... Tak penah penah sri lanka mcm ni.. Budha , kristian, hindu, islam hidup cun . Jemaah tabligh sket punya ramai .. xde problem . Ni keje saud!! 🤣.
Very sad, time has come to take serious actions on countries supporting terrorism. May the souls rest in peace.
Islam.
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