Sunday 21 April 2019

ISIS suspected for Sri Lanka “Easter Attack”




Six explosions were reported in three churches, Kochchikade, Katuwapitiya and Batticaloa,  and three five star hotels, Cinnamon Grand, ShanGri la and Kingsbury in Colombo this morning, 359 casualties were reported while at least 400 were injured in the incident. 
The security forces are carrying out investigations regarding this incident. ISIS has been in suspension with related to this.
Among the causalities are 35 foreigners and the famous chef Shantha Mayadunne.
Also all private buses transports have been cancelled.
Due to these incidents, all state schools will be closed, tomorrow(22) and Tuesday(23).
A explosion has been reported in a lodge near zoological garden a short while ago.

UPDATE 14:40

The latest incident has been reported from Dematagoda, where an explosion occurred in a housing complex

UPDATE 15:55
The suspects were identified to be religious extremists.

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