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Sri Lanka Explosions: 137 Killed as Churches and Hotels Targeted

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

aristarchus writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:33PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:33PM (#833071)

    What makes you assume that Zahran Hashim and Abu Mohammad are Moslems?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:55PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:55PM (#833076)

    Both surnames are Arabic in origin -- Hashim was the great-grandfather of Mohammed.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by janrinok on Monday April 22 2019, @08:58AM (1 child)

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 22 2019, @08:58AM (#833316) Journal

      There are significant Christian populations in Arab countries too, you know. During the Arab Spring uprisings, Christians protected Muslims at prayer and the Muslims protected the Christians likewise. It is the extremists of such religions that cause the problems not the majority.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 23 2019, @12:41AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 23 2019, @12:41AM (#833617)

        Yes and? Muslims are (once again) the real victims here [twitter.com] like these poor Fulani herdsmen? [punchng.com]

        Enough with the sociopathy, [lbc.co.uk] tens of thousands of people are murdered each year in the name of Islam. We have a duty of care, it's not served by minimizing Islamic violence! Christians are being persecuted worldwide [theguardian.com] - I'm not a Christian but I'm sure as shit not apologizing for the ideology responsible for the majority of murders. If we can ban Tarrant's manifesto, we can ban the Koran. Enough of this bullshit!