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.
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LoniLove 💔
So so sad
May God Bless these innocent victims of senseless violence✝️🙏
Religion of peace again? 😵👎
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NewsRadio930 So sad to hear this...may those who perished rise with Christ today to unending life
Hate is senseless !!!! Rip beautiful people who went about their business and never went home 💕💕💕
Is this what people doing stuff looks like IlhanOmar? Muslim extremists get protected by Twitter, the Media and Liberals in general. We hear not all Muslims are extremists. But all white people are racist right?
FarLeftWatch Blasts? Were they caused by a gas leak? They are attacks! You can't even get the politically correct terms right.
FarLeftWatch The rhetoric of the Anti Christian Left emboldening these attackers. The pattern is clear.
Where is Islamism, where is hell!
And yet the media protects the ideology that is responsible.
Why are people so wicked? What is this world coming to?
ezralevant The religion of peace
must be them right wing white nationalist who is to blame. No doubt these attacks were inspired by Trump... Yup... the outrage is strikingly less this time around. Terrorist are terrorist whether they be from Australia, Shri Lanka the US or Europe. We should condemn them the same
redsteeze Awful.. Praying for the families..
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Series bombing in Srilankan churches, someone tried to burn the S.t. Patrice cathedral in Manhattan last week. A 1300 year old mosque was destroyed. Why suddenly attack’s in religious institutions?
Happy Easter everyone!
ezralevant At least 2 of the attacks were suicide bomber style huh? Are we allowed to question if Islam ideology was involved in this yet? Or is it more of the same 🤫🤫
Against muslims: terrorism Against christians: blasts Why?
'I kill you in the name of *insert your favorite religious deity here* ' has caused more murders/deaths/kills on this planet by humanity.
prefragoph Happy Easter :/
I will never understand how one person believes he/she has the right to deprive another of precious life. Unforgivable acts of COWARDICE! May the innocent R.I.P 😔🙏🕊
Stunning, AP actually reports news! Send up a flare!
redsteeze Probably an electrical short.
Some people did something
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FarLeftWatch The number just keeps growing
It’s the ease of access to explosives! SMH
redsteeze Looks like some people did something to some people. Again.
Another reason why we need strong brave political leadership in Australia - Don't be conned by the msm. Don't Vote Labor, Lib or Green in the next election.
“Some people did something” - IlhanMN
God bless them what senseless deaths !!
ezralevant Bloody islamist once again
FOX10Phoenix Sad,not a day in this world with out violence
ezralevant ISLAM?
Notice the silence from the crazy left ?
AungNai92423688 Never ending
Horrible news. Evil, evil people who do things like this! Is there any way to help from the other side of the world?
Sri Lanka is just the latest in a long human history of killing innocents over whose god is better. It makes me proud to be an atheist, with no imaginary master telling me to plant bombs.
FarLeftWatch I think you mean terrorist attacks.
this is not how I wanted to wake up
The death rate climbs as the injured succumb.
acoyne Horrid act
American voters take note these are those damn radical Muslims again
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Maybe, just maybe, Notre Dame wasn’t an “accident. Certain officials Keeping a lid on truth to keep outrage down.
SamValley Why, yes, I agree with you...
Islamic values and Western values are incompatible.
The right to vote is essential for Democracy. But voting not always lead people to democracy. Unfortunately:((
My deepest sympathy for the people affected by this terrorist incident. My prayers for victims their family and friends and the grieving country of Sri Lanka. 😩
I wish I could say I'd be surprised by this, but I'm not. Sigh
redsteeze They weren’t blasts that just so happened to be on Easter Sunday, they were attacks on churches and Christians. Pretty sure the NZ attack was labelled as ‘Mosque Shooting’
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FarLeftWatch The sect of terror and death in action. More to come, courtesy of your suicidal dogodding politicians.
redsteeze Where is the outrage that we saw from New Zealand? Why don’t I see 1,000 tweets from the politicians about it ?
redsteeze I can only wonder who is responsible..
FarLeftWatch I wonder what Muslim country leader will be stunning and brave and decide the Lord's Prayer while wearing a cross in solidarity. Looking at the example newzealandistan set, of course. LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder Terrorists notallcultures
srilanka
Bomb ban coming soon.....oh wait
redsteeze We await IlhanMN response
Well, I told my wife last night .... the hate would come out once again on easter. It did. This shit pisses me off to no end . I don’t understand people that just go around planning ways of killing innocent people because of their religion or beliefs.
Yea now I really believe that the fire in Notre Dame was arson
redsteeze Now the most important thing everyone must remember is how 'Muslims' will be affected (as they are the real victims) by this and how Islamophobia really hurts feelings.
Here we go again
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The more the false prophet attacks, the more we believe that Jesus is the way to Salvation! He is Risen!!
Disgusting
When the New Zealand gunman killed people in two mosques, Head of States ordered extra police patrols at mosques across Europe. Today, being Easter, eight Christian churches in Sri Lanka were bombed , 200+ Christians killed and 300 more injured. No attention. No patrols.
that is really terrible.
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redsteeze IlhanMN
redsteeze There time to ban bombs is now!
FOX10Phoenix If it were a 'white christian man' behind the attacks it would be in the headlines. But because it's Muslims who just martyred 200+ Catholics they won't talk about who!
redsteeze Democrats must stop their anti Christian triggering language. Look at what it’s doing!
Shanulqadir India is behind all this, India should officially be declared a terrorist state
Very Sad.!! How to counter hate & violence is the issue.!!
sad and disgusting here are the words that come to me. Ophir Man
Terrible, horrific news. May God have mercy on their souls.
But...Trump said 138 million died...
Absolutely horrifying. And on such a holy day. The continued attacks and hate towards Christians (especially overseas) is beyond disturbing 😢😞
redsteeze Senseless tragedy. Religion is a hell of a drug!
People being people and continuing to suck. So disgusting. May those who just wanted to celebrate a holiday today Rest In Peace
Lord have mercy 🙏🏼💔😔
Horrific.
I cannot take the number of evil people out here in this world. What’s worse? The people responsible for these crimes against humanity think they’ve done a noble thing. That’s the problem w/ people who do evil things. They never see their actions as evil. They see them as good.
that's awful.
Horrific.
Why don't you have guts to name the attackers. Associate press and All Msm are worse than terrorists who hide facts with us so that we remain in fools paradise.
Cut aid to terrorist-infested nations!
Sri Lanka, a country of about 4 million, has blocked Facebook and other social media sites. A developing country smaller than an average American city can selectively block websites at a moment's notice.
Terrible senseless tragedy. Thoughts and prayers.🙏
My prayers are with the victims during Easter. So sad see these attacks on Christians. My deepest condolences to the families. Srilanka: you need to do more to protect Christians in your country.
One of these days Christians are going to have to wake up and smell the coffee. Their religion is a punching bag in pop culture, influencing millions of young people away from Church, all the while, Muslims are waging Jihad worldwide. 1+1=2
It is WAY OVERDUE and it is time to BAN EVERY RELIGION on this planet. So many people have died on account of religion. Shewwwww...What a primitive ideology.
Sheep humpers at it again.
It is events like these that lead me to believe the world could easily do without human beings, and in fact our absence would be a major improvement.
Has IlhanMN made a statement yet?
Really fed up of Islam.
Sad
Sigh
I lived in Sri Lanka through the civil war torn 90s for a few years. This saddens me immensely.
This is terrible and a disgusting act against people worshiping. But sadly this will not result in hours of media airtime blaming certain politicians because it’s against the faith that they don’t care about. Christians are the most targeted religion in the world. We need to pray
Regionally defined deity devotion is the cause of, and cure for, all the current problems. Figure that out.
The work of true Islam.
So much for religion of peace
Cowardly
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