Sri Lanka detains Syrian in investigation of blasts; toll rises to 321
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan police detained a Syrian among 40 people being questioned about the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, government and military sources said on Tuesday, as the toll from the coordinated bomb attacks rose to 321. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which officials said were carried out […]
Sri Lanka lifts curfew after bomb attacks kill 290, wound 500
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Authorities lifted a curfew in Sri Lanka on Monday, a day after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded by a string of bombings that tore through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday. There was still no claim of responsibility for the attacks on two churches and four hotels in […]
Christian leaders condemn Sri Lankan terror attacks
Christian leaders from across the globe have joined in condemning the bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in which more than 200 people were killed and more than 450 injured. Among the targets were churches and hotels. A relative of a victim of the explosion at St Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade church, reacts at the […]
“Alarming” surge in number of children used in bomb attacks by Boko Haram, says UNICEF
This year has seen an “alarming surge” in the use of children, in particular girls, to carry out violent attacks by terror group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region, UNICEF has warned. A report launched by the organisation this week, Silent Shame: Bringing out the voices of children caught in the Lake Chad crisis, shows […]
Philippines churches could cancel services over terrorism threat
World Watch Monitor A Filipino cardinal has condemned as “terrorism” a bomb explosion outside a Catholic church in the southern Philippines as clergy in the capital warned they could cancel Masses because of the heightened threat of attacks. Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato was speaking after at least three people were injured in a bomb […]