Barely a month after Christchurch...

[HawkbitAlpha]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/asia/sri-lanka-explosions/index.html

 

At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in a series of bomb blasts that hit luxury hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, leaving the entire country in a state of lock-down.

The first wave of attacks struck at the heart of the country's minority Christian community during busy Easter services at churches in the cities of Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa on Sunday morning.

Additional blasts ripped through three high-end hotels, the Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury, all in capital city Colombo.

The violence punctured a decade of relative peace in the country following the end of its civil war in 2009 -- where attacks were common during the 25-year struggle. Sri Lanka has since turned itself into a popular tourist destination, winning the title of best place in the world to visit in 2019 by travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.

"These are certainly acts of terror," the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the UK Manisha Gunasekera told CNN on Sunday, suggesting that suicide bombings had been "carried out."

"This is an attack against the whole of Sri Lanka because Sri Lanka is [a] multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country and the whole country comes together in celebration of Easter Sunday."

 

The word at the moment is that this was a coordinated suicide bombing. No matter what, though... it's horrifically record-breaking. And coming just over a month after the Christchurch shooting, I can't imagine it's going to do a certain debate any justice...
 

 

Edited April 21, 2019 by HawkbitAlpha

[SpongeOddFan]

This is really sad day