Tragic news out of Sri Lanka.
On Easter Sunday there was an attack on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka which killed at least 290 people (this is the latest update 5:00 am Monday, April 22, 2019).
Sri Lankan officials call Sunday's co-ordinated bombings a "brand new type of terrorism," after a decade of relative calm https://t.co/GqeQF9PNjs
— CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2019
Officials are calling this a “brand-new type of terrorism.”
So far, police have arrested 24 people in connection with the suicide bombs, which injured at least 500 people. (Latest update 5:00 am Monday, April 22, 2019).
The first of the attacks happened during Easter Sunday services between 8.45 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. (local time) at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo.
More blasts ripped through three luxury hotels in Colombo: The Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury.
This is still a developing story.
Source: CNN
Feature Image: St Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 22, 2019/ Source: Twitter- @CNN
- Sarah & Tyler
