- At least 31 international tourists were killed in the attacks, according to a statement from Sri Lanka’s ministry of foreign affairs, which revised down the tourism minister’s previous estimate of 39 people. Four days after the coordinated attacks, the Sri Lankan Health Ministry revised the death toll, saying 253 people had died.www.cnn.com/2019/04/22/asia/sri-lanka-victims-intl/index.html
- People also ask
Sri Lanka attacks: Who are the victims? - BBC
WEB26 April 2019. BBC. Sri Lanka is in shock after a wave of bombings targeting churches and hotels left at least 253 people dead and about 500 injured. The bombers struck on Easter Sunday in the...
- Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins
See results only from bbc.comWhat Led to Carnage
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency after attacks on mosques and Muslim …
Volunteers
As the town of Negombo in Sri Lanka mourns its dead after a church was …
I Thought We Left Violence B…
The blasts came as members of Sri Lanka's peaceful Christian minority prepared to …
Sri Lanka attacks: 23,000 charges filed against suspects as trial
WEBNov 24, 2021 · The string of attacks carried out on Easter Sunday on April 21, 2019, targeted three churches and three five-star hotels, killing a total of 267 people, including …
WEBApr 21, 2024 · Print. Colombo — The United Nations on Sunday urged Sri Lanka to bridge its "accountability deficit" and ensure justice as the country commemorated the 279 …
Sri Lanka attacks: Easter Sunday bombings marked one …
WEB21 April 2020. AFP. Nearly 270 people were killed in the attacks last year. Church bells have rung out across Sri Lanka, marking one year since …
- Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins
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. Later that day, two smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex in Dematagoda and a guest house in Dehiwala. A total of 269 people were killed, including at least 45 foreign natio…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Date: 21 April 2019
- Target: Mainly Christians and tourists
WEB4 days ago · More than 50,000 Catholics have asked the Church in Sri Lanka to recognize as martyrs the 171 victims of the 2019 Easter massacre in the island nation.
WEB18 January 2023 Human Rights. Sri Lanka must fully compensate victims of the Easter Sunday 2019 terrorist attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, following a recent...
WEBApr 28, 2019 · On Easter Sunday, suicide bombers killed at least 253 people and injured some 500 at churches and top-end hotels across Sri Lanka. Most victims were Sri …
Sri Lanka’s top court orders former president to …
WEBJan 13, 2023 · Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other senior government officials responsible for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter...
What we know so far about the Sri Lanka attack victims …
WEBApr 22, 2019 · CNN — The bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 253 people and wounded hundreds of others are a tragedy both locally and internationally. Suicide bombers struck three Christian...
Skip to content
