The attacks in Sri Lanka on April 21 2019 Easter Sunday are contemptible acts of violence for which those responsible should be brought to justice Huma
The attacks in Sri Lanka on April 21,2019, Easter Sunday, are contemptible acts of violence for which those responsible should be brought to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Nearly 300 people were killed and more than 500 injured in coordinated suicide bombing attacks on churches and hotels in three cities. Many of the injured remain in critical condition.
„Our hearts go out to all those harmed by these horrific attacks, which only adds to the suffering long endured by so many in Sri Lanka,“ said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch. „Striking packed Easter services and hotels could only have been aimed to maximize killing and maiming people, including children.“
Sri Lankan authorities announced that they had arrested 24 people and said National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a little-known Islamist organization, was responsible for the attacks. It had previously been implicated in vandalizing Buddhist statues. No domestic or foreign group has claimed responsibility thus far.
