The attacks also stand out in that they occurred in three cities across the country.
People in Karachi, Pakistan, light candles as they condemn the deadly blasts in Sri Lanka on April 21. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 21 at 3:13 PM Attacks on churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Sunday killed more than 200 people, making them among the deadliest acts of terrorism in the past five years.
A look at other recent deadly attacks shows that the Easter Sunday violence stands out in another way, too. The blasts in Sri Lanka were more coordinated and spread out — they occurred across three cities — than similar attacks in recent years, which are often more geographically concentrated. *Explosions in Colombo were reported at St. Anthony’s Shrine, Shangri-La Hotel Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Kingsbury Hotel, New Tropical Inn and a housing complex in Dematagoda, a suburb of the capital. October 2017 — Mogadishu, Somalia
Over 500 people were killed and 300 wounded in Somalia’s deadliest terrorist attack. Two truck bombs went off in the city; one was detonated near a fuel tanker, dramatically increasing the impact of the blast. Somali officials blamed the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.A bomb-and-gun attack on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula killed 305 people. At least one of the attackers reportedly was carrying a flag associated with the Islamic State terrorist group.
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