2019 Sri Lanka bombings
a series of explosions in Sri Lanka across multiple cities on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019
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Summary
2019 Sri Lanka bombings is a bomb attack[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of bomb attack entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,923 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Sri Lanka[3]
- Instance of: mass murder[4]
- Location: Negombo[5], Batticaloa[6], Colombo[7]
- Part of: terrorism in Sri Lanka[8], Islamic terrorism[9], persecution of Christians[10]
- Commons category: 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings[11]
- Armament: bomb[12]
- Target: St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade[13], St. Sebastian’s Church[14], Zion Church, Batticaloa[15], The Tropical Inn Hotel[16], Shangri-La Hotel[17], Cinnamon Grand Colombo[18], The Kingsbury[19]
- Point in time: April 21, 2019[20]
- Number of deaths: 269[21]
- Number of injured: 500[22]
- Number of perpetrators: 9[23]
- Medical evacuation to: National Hospital of Sri Lanka[24], Batticaloa Teaching Hospital[25]
- Perpetrator: National Thowheeth Jama'ath[26]
Why It Matters
2019 Sri Lanka bombings has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]