2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
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On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches across Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital Colombo, were bombed. Later in the day, there were smaller explosions at a housing complex and a guest house, killing two civilians and three police investigating the situation and raiding suspect locations. Several cities in Sri Lanka, including Colombo, were targeted. At least 293 people were killed, including at least 35 foreign nationals and three police officers, and at least 500 were injured in the bombings.
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See also
- Easter
- Christianity in Sri Lanka
- List of non-state terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka
- List of terrorist incidents in April 2019
- Terrorism in Sri Lanka
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