The death toll from the Easter Sunday attacks is now close to 300. The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks on Catholic churches and luxury hotels in…
The death toll from the Easter Sunday attacks is now close to 300.
The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks on Catholic churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka were “retaliation” for the New Zealand mosque attacks, Sri Lankan defense minister Ruwan Wijewardene recently said, as reported by Radio New Zealand. Meanwhile, the death toll from the attacks has risen to close to 300.
Speaking to his country’s parliament, Wijewardene claimed that two local Islamist terrorist groups carried out the bombings.
“The initial investigation has revealed that this was in retaliation for the New Zealand mosque attack. It was done by National Thawheed Jama’ut along with JMI.”
It’s unclear how Wijewardene made his claims. As the Associated Press notes, there is, as of this writing, no evidence to conclude that the bombings were retaliation for the New Zealand mosque attacks.
