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posted by martyb on Sunday April 21 2019, @12:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP dept.

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."


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:26PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:26PM (#833068)

    We'll just add this to the list of things Runaway knows nothing about but pretends to be an expert in.

    Just because you want it to be true doesn't make it true.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @07:01AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @07:01AM (#833283)

    So you concede then.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:52AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:52AM (#833315)

      We concede that Runaway the 1956 does not have the habilitation of a Doctorate in Theology, or a philosophiae doctor, but is just blowing stuff out of his ass that was put up there by Tucker Carlson and the Faux News Network to begin with. Think of Runaway like one of Andrew Jackson's gators at the battle of New Orleans.