According the Beeb (BBC):
At least 137 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources say.
At least eight blasts were reported. Three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo's Kochchikade district were targeted during Easter services.
The Shangri-La, Kingsbury, Cinnamon Grand and a fourth hotel, all in Colombo, were also hit.
A curfew has been imposed from 18:00 to 06:00 local time (12:30-00:30 GMT).
The government also said there would a temporary block on the use of major social media networks.
No group has yet said it was responsible for the attacks.
Update:"At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say."
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @03:10PM (2 children)
Thanks for that. Somehow, I never drew any of the lines that link gives. I little more searching makes it even more interesting. Always, it seems, Al Queda comes into the picture. America's boogeyman phantom . . .
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @03:28PM
My thoughts were that Jaish-e-Mohammed would have more likely targeted Hindus. Neither Tamils or Tamil muslims [wikipedia.org] would have targeted Christians in a majority Buddhist country. There's suggestions it was little known Islamist group National Thowheeth Jama'ath but also rumors of ISIS jihadi's having returned from Syria. The problem in Sri Lanka is that retributory violence will quickly spiral out of control.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:53PM
Yes, "somehow". Summon the "Runaway does not know" squad! More to add to the list!