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2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. Three of the major targets. Clockwise from upper left: The Kingsbury; Shangri-La Hotel; St. Anthony's Shrine. On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS -related terrorist suicide bombings.
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. Media reported at least 93 people killed at the church, UNICEF reported that 27 children died and 10 children were injured. Altogether 45 children were killed in all blasts.
Sri Lankan Air Force. The Navaly Church bombing refers to the bombing of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly (or Navali) in the Jaffna Peninsula by the Sri Lankan Air Force during the Sri Lankan Civil War on 9 July 1995. It is estimated that at least 147 Tamil civilians, who had taken refuge from the fighting inside the church ...
Navaly church bombing - At least 125 civilians died when on 9 July 1995, the Sri Lanka Air Force struck the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly. 1999 Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing - On 15 September, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a town under the control of the LLTE, killing at least 21. Padahuthurai bombing - On 2 January 2007, the Sri ...
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks is a Presidential Commission of Inquiry in to the deadly Easter bomb attacks appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on 21 April 2019 tasked with investigating the causes and background for the bombings. The commission is headed by Vijith Malalgoda, Puisne Justice of the Supreme ...
40 [ 1] Injured. 60. Madhu church shelling or Madhu church massacre is the name for the shelling of the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan civil war on November 20, 1999. The shelling resulted in the deaths of approximately 40 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians, including children, and more than 60 non-fatal injuries.
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings On 21 April 2019, 6 suicide bomb attacks killing 253, including 45 children and 38 foreign nationals. Targets were 3 churches, namely St Anthony's church – Kotahena, St. Sebestian church – Negombo, Zion Church – Batticaloa and 3 leading hotels in Colombo namely Kingsbury Hotel, Shangri-La Hotel and Cinnamon ...
S. 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. St. Philip Neri Church shelling. Categories: Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Sri Lanka. Churches in Sri Lanka. Attacks on churches in Asia. Attacks on churches by country.