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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:34PM (1 child)
So when social media goes down, we know it's time to get the Moslems because they've pulled another jihadi move?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:03PM
Not especially. They blocked social media when that nutter killed a bunch of satanists in Christchuch recently. Think less about who is involved and more about what is involved. They don't want the general population to 'jump the gun' as it were. Which is far enough, considering. It's so easy to organise a lynching these days with the internet. What if the populace gets it wrong? For better or worse it is probably a good idea to let the authorities chase down the perpetrators.