While hundreds of worshippers were celebrating the Domingo of Resurrección in the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, were conducted 8 terrorist attacks that ended the lives of more than 200 people and wounded more than 450.Los bombings occurred within 4 luxury hotels and 3 Church SIAs, these latest distributed in the cities of Colombo (capital), Katana (West) and Batticaloa (East). The hotels were also located in the capital and were the point chosen to add foreign victims, totaling so far 35.segun advises the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the first six explosions occurred simultaneously to the 8.45 time local in three hotels in Colombo, the Cinnamon Grand, the Kingsbury and Shangri-La-, and 3 churches.
The seventh detonation occurred in a small hotel situated 100 metres from the Zoo in Dehiwala, a suburb located 10 kilometres from the Centre of Colombo later. The eighth took place in a residential complex at Dematagoda, also in the capital. After the fact, the Government decreed a curfew of immediate effect and suspended the use of social networks. In addition, all celebrations of Easter were suspended throughout the country.
It also declared a State of emergency and the local Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council, according to the targeted by the Huffington Post.En Sri Lanka, around 7.4% of the population is Christian. 70% is Buddhist, 15% is Hindu and 11% Muslim. The country was not experiencing a massacre of this kind since ended the civil war in 2009. So far, no terrorist group claimed the attack. Days ago, Moroccan authorities and Spaniards arrested an alleged terrorist who sought to attack Seville during Holy week celebrations.
