[Jessica.]

Just saw this on the news, it's very sad. One Portuguese person died there. Its very diverse there, I'm guessing a lot of countries will have lost someone.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Just saw this on the news, it's very sad. One Portuguese person died there. Its very diverse there, I'm guessing a lot of countries will have lost someone.

Also
One Dutch Person
sadly confirmed dead.

[Crimson Dynamo]

i wonder what religion they are referring too as we can strike off Christian?

[arista]

[arista]

Sadly 5 British Dead
so far.


The hotels had so many nationals
in them.

[arista]

[Special task force officers have raided a
property following the Terrorist Attacks]

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/six-explo...unday-11699701


The 5 British Dead
are 3 with British Passports
and 2 with Joint British /USA Passports

[Twosugars]

we should carry on what we're doing, fighting extremism wherever it rears its head, Islam or far right, they share a lot tbh

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

we should carry on what we're doing, fighting extremism wherever it rears its head, Islam or far right, they share a lot tbh

well one is huge and the other is tiny by comparison so best we focus on the big one

as we are rightly doing

[Twosugars]

we have two eyes, we can watch both

[arista]

[A bomb goes off as Special Task Force
personnel raid a home near Dematagoda in Colombo ]
[update : Sadly 3 of that Special Force Were killed, reported on AL JazeeraHD]


So far 7 Arrested


[Religion in Sri Lanka:
Theravada Buddhism is Sri Lanka's biggest religious group,
making up about 70.2% of the population, according to the most recent census.
It is the religion of Sri Lanka's Sinhalese majority. It is given primary place in the
country's laws and is singled out in the constitution.
Hindus and Muslims make up 12.6% and 9.7% of the population respectively.
Sri Lanka is also home to about 1.5 million Christians,
according to the 2012 census, the vast majority of them Roman Catholic.]
BBC Data

[arista]

[Alf]

Stop killing people you horrible bastards!

[arista]

The Ministry had a warning
a few weeks ago that a Radical Muslim Group would attack.
But it was not specified what kind of attack


[Officials have described the explosions as
a terror attack by religious extremists]

https://news.sky.com/story/sri-lanka...otels-11699695

[Cherie]

290 dead now

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie

290 dead now

it's a horrifying attack with every probability that it's ongoing. Seems to me that it had some high level support within the country too. People were well aware that things were being planned and did nothing, with leaders claiming they weren't informed. That doesn't ring true to me at all.

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's a horrifying attack with every probability that it's ongoing. Seems to me that it had some high level support within the country too. People were well aware that things were being planned and did nothing, with leaders claiming they weren't informed. That doesn't ring true to me at all.

That's a not true
The ministry man said it was not specified
what type of attack was coming.


It was on GMBHD itv this morning
The BBC are also saying what you said

[bots]

Originally Posted by arista

That's a not true
The ministry man said it was not specified
what type of attack was coming.


It was on GMBHD itv this morning
The BBC are also saying what you said

don't you know an excuse when you hear it? There is no way an attack of this size went down in Sri Lanka without senior people being involved in it.

[arista]

[Cherie]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-...ck-tv-14441476

TV chef and daughter killed when a bomb was detonated in the breakfast area, she posted this picture just before she was killed

senseless barbarity

[arista]

[arista]

Sadly 8 British nationals now dead

https://news.sky.com/story/six-explo...unday-11699701

[Livia]

Lucky it wasn't mosques attacked or this story would have been overwhelming in the press..... already people are kind of trying to , if not justify it, then minimise it, bringing up the alt right where they took no part in this offense. When the alt Right carry out some atrocity I don't see anyone saying, yeah but.... Muslims. It's not a competition. And if it was, fundamentalist Islam would be winning. And if you don't believe that, take a look a America's most wanted list.

[arista]

Sri Lanka attacks: 'International network' linked to bombings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48012085

[arista]