{"id":1257,"date":"2019-04-22T05:39:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T05:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2019-04-22T05:39:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T05:39:28","slug":"sri-lanka-bombings-290-dead-500-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/sri-lanka-bombings-290-dead-500-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka bombings: 290 dead, 500 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The death\ntoll from the Sri Lanka attacks has risen to 290 dead, with a further 500\ninjured, according to an update from the nation\u2019s security services. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has not\nyet been revealed which group is responsible for the multiple attacks that\nprimarily targeted churches and hotels in the island nation over Easter Sunday.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\naccording to the Prime Minister, Ranil Wickresinghe, \u201cthe names that have come\nup are local,\u201d and the government is looking into whether there were any\noverseas links. The PM also revealed that there had been some intelligence\nreports of such attacks. According to a report seen by the AFP, Sri Lanka\u2019s\npolice chief issued such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/apr\/21\/national-thowheeth-jamaath-planned-attack-sri-lank\/\">report<\/a>\nconcerning the National Thowheeth Jama\u2019ath 10 days ago. The NTJ is a local\nislamist group which was linked to the vandalism of Buddhist statues in the\nnation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nthe government has not specifically mentioned the group as being responsible\nfor the attack. Similarly, no group has claimed responsibility for the\ndevastating attacks. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"St. Antony's shrine was one of the targets of the attacks\" class=\"wp-image-1258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/St._Anthonys_Shrine_Kochchikade.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption>St. Antony&#8217;s shrine was one of the targets of the attacks. Sri Lanka is predominantly Buddhist, with Christians accounting for less than 10% of the population.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 24\npeople have been arrested in connection with the attacks, which struck six\nprimary targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the\nfirst wave, the attackers targeted landmark churches, including the St. Anthony\u2019s\nShrine, in the capital Colombo, and St. Sebastien\u2019s, in the city of Negombo. The\nZion Church in Batticaloa was also targeted by the as-yet-unidentified\nattackers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three\nhotels in Colombo were also bombed; the Shangri-La hotel, Kingbury hotel, and\nthe Grand Cinnamon hotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two more\nattacks followed these, the first a blast in Dehiwala in which two people died\nThereafter 3 police officers were killed in a blast in Dematogoda while attempting\nto arrest some suspects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the main\nairport in Colombo, an improvised explosive was safely defused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Sri\nLanka was, until 2009, suffering the throes of a decades-long ethnoreligious\ncivil war, the Easter attacks do not at the moment seem directly related to\nthat period of conflict. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll from the Sri Lanka attacks has risen to 290 dead, with a further 500 injured, according to an update from the nation\u2019s security services. &nbsp; It has not yet been revealed which group is responsible for the multiple attacks that primarily targeted churches and hotels in the island nation over Easter Sunday. 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