2019 Sri Lanka Easter attacks
Incident
- Status
- Incident
- Date
- 2019-04-21
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Place
- Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa
- Casualties
- 269 killed (including the attackers); about 500 injured
What happened
Coordinated attacks on three churches and three hotels on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019. Officials linked the attackers to National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), a local group.
Source
Source: Wikipedia
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings · Wikipedia
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News coverage
- BBC News: the people killed in the Sri Lanka Easter attacks · BBC News
- The Guardian (2021): U.S. federal charges against three Sri Lankan men linked to the 2019 Easter attacks · The Guardian
Further reading
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