BREAKING: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says 'several' Americans have been killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.
The United States says that “several” American citizens have been killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.
He says targeting “innocent people gathering in a place of worship or enjoying a holiday meal are affronts to the universal values and freedoms that we hold dear.”The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is condemning “this great evil” that targeted Easter Sunday worshippers and others with deadly blasts in Sri Lanka.
The All Ceylon Jammiyyathul Ulama a body of Muslim clerics, says targeting Christian places of worship cannot be accepted.No one has claimed responsibility for what Sri Lankan officials have described as a terrorist attack by religious extremists.Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry says the nationalities of 11 foreigners killed in the Easter Sunday blasts have been verified.
No one has claimed responsibility for what Sri Lankan officials have described as a terrorist attack by religious extremists.The British high commissioner to Sri Lanka says the UK government understands that “some British citizens were caught in the blasts” but it is too soon to say how many might have been affected.The Easter Sunday blasts targeting churches and hotels popular with foreigners killed more than 200 people.
No one has taken responsibility for the attacks, but officials say seven suspects have been arrested.6:10 p.m. The carrier says in a statement that travelers on all airlines operating out of Bandaranaike International Airport can access the airport by showing their tickets and passports at checkpoints.
Earlier, China’s embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, said four Chinese nationals were sent to the hospital and were in stable condition after the attacks. It is not clear if the deceased was among the four. Tour operators warn that access to Facebook and Twitter would be cut by the government and that a curfew likely would be put into place.“After so many years we’ve started again,” said Gamini Francis, a longtime hotel worker. “A lot of people are going to lose their jobs. 100% sure. It’s tragic. Crazy people killing innocent people.”Iran’s foreign minister says he is “terribly saddened” by the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that have killed at least 138 people.
The series of blasts is the worst violence in Sri Lanka since the South Asian country’s bloody civil war ended a decade ago.Pope Francis is denouncing the “cruel violence” of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka and is praying for all those who are suffering from the bloodshed. The spokesman, Brig. Atapattu, says a seventh blast occurred at a guesthouse in Dehiwala, killing at least two people. Atapattu says an eighth blast occurred in Dematagoda on the outskirts of Colombo. He did not have details on the Dematagoda blast.
He said those “involved in this unfortunate terrorist incident will be taken into custody as soon as possible.”The archbishop of Paris and parishioners of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral are mourning the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. In a statement, Ardern referred to the March 15 shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch in which 50 died.
The head of the European Union’s executive Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said he learned of the bombings “with horror and sadness.”Three Gulf Arab nations have condemned the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that have killed at least 138 people. May said on Twitter that “The acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling, and my deepest sympathies go out to all of those affected at this tragic time.”
He added that the Russians “share the grief of the relatives of those killed and wish a quick recovery to all those who were wounded” after the Easter Sunday blasts that killed at least 138 people. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was meeting top military officials and tweeted earlier Sunday that “the government is taking immediate steps to contain the situation.”Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, calling them “an assault on all of humanity.”
He was referring to last month’s attacks against two mosques in New Zealand during Friday prayers that killed 50 people.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has convened Sri Lanka’s top military officials at an emergency meeting of the National Security Council following a series of Easter Sunday blasts.
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