Easter Bombings in Sri Lanka 2019
A significant event occurred on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, involving a series of coordinated suicide bombings in Sri Lanka.
The attacks targeted multiple locations:
- Churches: Including St. Anthony's Church, St. Sebastian's Church, and Zion Church.
- Hotels: Luxury hotels in Colombo such as the Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand, and Kingsbury.
- Other sites: A guest house near the Dehiwala Zoo was also targeted.
These attacks deliberately struck places of worship and prominent hotels frequented by tourists during the Easter celebrations.
The country where these church, hotel, and tourist place attacks took place was Sri Lanka.
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