Sri Lankan soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo after a blast on April 21, 2019. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 21 at 2:30 PM The explosions in Sri Lanka on Sunday, which killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds, were the deadliest violence in the country since its civil war ended a decade ago.
It was in this context that, in 1976, a man named Velupillai Prabhakaran formed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the LTTE, or Tamil Tigers, dedicated to the fight for Tamil independence. In 1983, the LTTE ambushed an army convoy. Thirteen soldiers were killed. Riots in response left as many as 3,000 Tamils dead. This pogrom, known as Black July, marked the beginning of large-scale violence in Sri Lanka.
For the next few years, both sides violated the cease-fire. In May 2009, Sri Lanka announced that the army had taken control of the entire island nation and had killed Prabhakaran. The war was formally declared over.
What did I say after the massacre in New Zealand? 'This is a provocation and will be a counter-attack' Now let's see who's gonna take advantage of this.
I'm surprised you reported this at all, since South Asia is not part of the 'Narrative Zone'.
This was not an attack connected with the fighting with Tamil minorities. We know that. This is a bad attempt to minimize what happened by pretending it’s common there.
The ethnic minority in the civil war were of Tamil ethnicity. To suggest that this terror act is supposedly an attempt to restart the Tamil militancy is extremely careless. If you don't want to point fingers in the right direction. I suggest close you fist and walkaway.
The significance of Easter, and the perpetrators, is somehow glossed over in an attempt to downplay certain inconvenient fact. Journalists should just report it straight.
So sad
Would have liked to read this article ! But i've got no money to give to all the online press which i can reach from here and i'm interested in, all over the World... Sorry so
Religion or any belief can be used to gain peoples support for a cause. Just got to convince them it is in the name of their belief.
Anti Christian violence?
Yes yes sweep the Muslim slaughter of hundreds of Christians on their holiest day as they worshipped under the rug as just one blip.
Reports now say it WAS an Islamic terrorist. With each massacre that occurs worldwide, we must encourage all of our Muslim communities, that claim to uphold civil standards that are share by most Westerners, to stand up against Islamic extremists that commit atrocities like this.
Islamic Terrorist killed over 200 Christians on Easter 2019 History books according to Omar and Obama Some people did something to Easter worshipers 2019
So some people did something, again. How many did the Cult of Death kill this time?
Yes we should have known better right? Putting churches there how dare they.
This has nothing to do with the past. Please stop the BS
This was an outside planned attack. Like Mumbai.
Don't try to make this a 'Sri Lanka' thing.
Hmmmm, trying to suggest today's events were not against Christianity?
Terrible and horrible for the people of Sri Lanka. Prayers to them and their families
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