Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church urged the country Friday to criminally prosecute its former leader for negligence, a day after the top court ordered him to pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. Two local Muslim groups that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State […]
Sri Lankan Archbishop asks Muslims to reject extremism
Colombo, Sri LankaAP A Sri Lankan Catholic archbishop appealed to the country’s Muslims on Wednesday to reject extremism and join Catholics in determining the truth behind Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people. Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith made the appeal during a commemoration of the second anniversary of the attacks. […]
Sri Lankan Catholic Church demands justice for bomb victims
Colombo, Sri LankaAP Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Church officials declared a “Black Sunday” this weekend to demand justice for the victims of 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed more than 260 people. The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said Tuesday that the church has been given part of a presidential commission’s report into […]
Sri Lanka on alert for attacks as Archbishop slams poor church security
Updated 10:15pmColombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan security officials have warned that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings are planning attacks and could be dressed in uniform, as the Archbishop of Colombo complained about insufficient security around churches. The militants were targeting five locations for attacks on Sunday just passed or on Monday, security sources […]