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class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 Victims </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Victims-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Subsequent_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Subsequent_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Subsequent events </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Subsequent_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_response" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_response"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Government response </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_response-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Government response subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Government_response-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Precautionary_measures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Precautionary_measures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Precautionary measures </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Precautionary_measures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-State_of_emergency" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_of_emergency"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1.1 State of emergency </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_of_emergency-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Curfews" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Curfews"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1.2 Curfews </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Curfews-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ban_on_social_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ban_on_social_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1.3 Ban on social media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ban_on_social_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ban_on_burqa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ban_on_burqa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1.4 Ban on burqa </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ban_on_burqa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Surveillance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Surveillance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1.5 Surveillance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Surveillance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Centralised_and_Integrated_Population_Information_System" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Centralised_and_Integrated_Population_Information_System"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1.6 Centralised and Integrated Population Information System </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Centralised_and_Integrated_Population_Information_System-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Investigations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Investigations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Investigations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Investigations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Indian_Intelligence_Report:_Security_lapse_Inquiry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Intelligence_Report:_Security_lapse_Inquiry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2.1 Indian Intelligence Report: Security lapse Inquiry </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Intelligence_Report:_Security_lapse_Inquiry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bombing_investigation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bombing_investigation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2.2 Bombing investigation </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bombing_investigation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Perpetrators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Perpetrators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Perpetrators </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Perpetrators-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Perpetrators subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Perpetrators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arrests" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arrests"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Arrests </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arrests-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bail_controversy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bail_controversy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1.1 Bail controversy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bail_controversy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Thowheeth_Jama'ath" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Thowheeth_Jama'ath"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 National Thowheeth Jama'ath </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Thowheeth_Jama'ath-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jammiyathul_Millathu_Ibrahim" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jammiyathul_Millathu_Ibrahim"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jammiyathul_Millathu_Ibrahim-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Willayath_As_Seylani" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Willayath_As_Seylani"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Willayath As Seylani </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Willayath_As_Seylani-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Identities_of_the_bombers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Identities_of_the_bombers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.5 Identities of the bombers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Identities_of_the_bombers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ties_to_Islamic_State" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ties_to_Islamic_State"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6 Ties to Islamic State </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ties_to_Islamic_State-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trial" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trial"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.7 Trial </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trial-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impact" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impact"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Impact </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Impact-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Impact subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Impact-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Political" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Political </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1.1 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Resignations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Resignations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1.2 Resignations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Resignations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 Economic </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Social" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Social"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Social </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Social-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legislative" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislative"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4 Legislative </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislative-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regulation_of_Madrasas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regulation_of_Madrasas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4.1 Regulation of Madrasas </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regulation_of_Madrasas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sharia_law" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sharia_law"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4.2 Sharia law </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sharia_law-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_signage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_signage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4.3 Public signage </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_signage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Minimum_age_of_marriage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minimum_age_of_marriage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4.4 Minimum age of marriage </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minimum_age_of_marriage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.5 Sports </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Association_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Association_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.5.1 Association football </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Association_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reactions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reactions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Reactions </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Reactions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Reactions subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Reactions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Domestic_responses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Domestic_responses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Domestic responses </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Domestic_responses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_responses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_responses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.2 International responses </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_responses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religious_leaders" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religious_leaders"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.3 Religious leaders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religious_leaders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Allegations_of_government_complicity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Allegations_of_government_complicity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Allegations of government complicity </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Allegations_of_government_complicity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 See also 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teroristick%C3%A9_%C3%BAtoky_na_Sr%C3%AD_Lance_21._dubna_2019" title="Teroristické útoky na Srí Lance 21. dubna 2019 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Teroristické útoky na Srí Lance 21. dubna 2019" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorangrebene_i_Sri_Lanka_21._april_2019" title="Terrorangrebene i Sri Lanka 21. april 2019 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Terrorangrebene i Sri Lanka 21. april 2019" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroranschlag_in_Sri_Lanka_am_Ostersonntag_2019" title="Terroranschlag in Sri Lanka am Ostersonntag 2019 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Terroranschlag in Sri Lanka am Ostersonntag 2019" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7_%CE%A3%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B1_(2019)" title="Τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις στη Σρι Λάνκα (2019) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τρομοκρατικές επιθέσεις στη Σρι Λάνκα (2019)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atentados_de_Sri_Lanka_de_2019" title="Atentados de Sri Lanka de 2019 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Atentados de Sri Lanka de 2019" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019ko_Sri_Lankako_atentatuak" title="2019ko Sri Lankako atentatuak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="2019ko Sri Lankako atentatuak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B1%DB%B9_%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="بمب‌گذاری‌های ۲۰۱۹ سری‌لانکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بمب‌گذاری‌های ۲۰۱۹ سری‌لانکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentats_du_21_avril_2019_au_Sri_Lanka" title="Attentats du 21 avril 2019 au Sri Lanka – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Attentats du 21 avril 2019 au Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaske-oanslaggen_yn_Sry_Lanka_(2019)" title="Peaske-oanslaggen yn Sry Lanka (2019) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Peaske-oanslaggen yn Sry Lanka (2019)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buam%C3%A1il_na_C%C3%A1sca_i_Sr%C3%AD_Lanca,_2019" title="Buamáil na Cásca i Srí Lanca, 2019 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Buamáil na Cásca i Srí Lanca, 2019" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%EB%85%84_%EC%8A%A4%EB%A6%AC%EB%9E%91%EC%B9%B4_%EB%B6%80%ED%99%9C%EC%A0%88_%ED%8F%AD%ED%83%84_%ED%85%8C%EB%9F%AC" title="2019년 스리랑카 부활절 폭탄 테러 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="2019년 스리랑카 부활절 폭탄 테러" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%87%D6%80%D5%AB_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4_(2019)" title="Պայթյուններ Շրի Լանկայում (2019) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պայթյուններ Շրի Լանկայում (2019)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F" title="२०१९ श्रीलंका बम विस्फोट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="२०१९ श्रीलंका बम विस्फोट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pengeboman_Paskah_Sri_Lanka_2019" title="Pengeboman Paskah Sri Lanka 2019 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pengeboman Paskah Sri Lanka 2019" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentati_del_21_aprile_2019_nello_Sri_Lanka" title="Attentati del 21 aprile 2019 nello Sri Lanka – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Attentati del 21 aprile 2019 nello Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%94_(2019)" title="הפיגועים בסרי לנקה (2019) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הפיגועים בסרי לנקה (2019)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8B_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80_(2019)" title="Шри-Ланкадагы жардыруулар (2019) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Шри-Ланкадагы жардыруулар (2019)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impetus_Paschae_in_Srilanca_anno_2019" title="Impetus Paschae in Srilanca anno 2019 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Impetus Paschae in Srilanca anno 2019" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%88%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%82_2019" title="ശ്രീലങ്കയിലെ ഈസ്റ്റർദിന ബോംബാക്രമണം 2019 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ശ്രീലങ്കയിലെ ഈസ്റ്റർദിന ബോംബാക്രമണം 2019" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F" title="२०१९ श्रीलंका बॉम्बस्फोट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="२०१९ श्रीलंका बॉम्बस्फोट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A3%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1_(2019)" title="გოფეთქუეფი შრი-ლანკას (2019) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გოფეთქუეფი შრი-ლანკას (2019)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7_2019" title="تفجيرات سريلانكا 2019 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تفجيرات سريلانكا 2019" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pengeboman_Easter_Sri_Lanka_2019" title="Pengeboman Easter Sri Lanka 2019 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pengeboman Easter Sri Lanka 2019" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanslagen_in_Sri_Lanka_op_21_april_2019" title="Aanslagen in Sri Lanka op 21 april 2019 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aanslagen in Sri Lanka op 21 april 2019" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8" title="२०१९ श्रीलङ्कामा बम बिस्फोटन – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="२०१९ श्रीलङ्कामा बम बिस्फोटन" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E9%80%A3%E7%B6%9A%E7%88%86%E7%A0%B4%E3%83%86%E3%83%AD%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6" title="スリランカ連続爆破テロ事件 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スリランカ連続爆破テロ事件" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorangrepene_p%C3%A5_Sri_Lanka_21._april_2019" title="Terrorangrepene på Sri Lanka 21. april 2019 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Terrorangrepene på Sri Lanka 21. april 2019" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DA%BE%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%92%D8%8C_2019%D8%A1" title="سری لنکا دھماکے، 2019ء – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سری لنکا دھماکے، 2019ء" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamachy_na_Sri_Lance_(2019)" title="Zamachy na Sri Lance (2019) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zamachy na Sri Lance (2019)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atentados_de_P%C3%A1scoa_no_Sri_Lanka" title="Atentados de Páscoa no Sri Lanka – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Atentados de Páscoa no Sri Lanka" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacurile_cu_bomb%C4%83_din_Sri_Lanka_din_2019" title="Atacurile cu bombă din Sri Lanka din 2019 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Atacurile cu bombă din Sri Lanka din 2019" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5_(2019)" title="Теракты в Шри-Ланке (2019) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Теракты в Шри-Ланке (2019)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%93_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%BA_(2019)" title="ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ පාස්කු දින ත්‍රස්තවාදී ප්‍රහාරය (2019) – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ පාස්කු දින ත්‍රස්තවාදී ප්‍රහාරය (2019)" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings" title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_pommi-iskut_2019" title="Sri Lankan pommi-iskut 2019 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sri Lankan pommi-iskut 2019" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a 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Easter bombings" redirects here. For the 1942 Easter Sunday <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Japanese</a> bombing of <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> (now Sri Lanka), see <a href="/wiki/Easter_Sunday_Raid" title="Easter Sunday Raid">Easter Sunday Raid</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:125%;">2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Part of <a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Terrorism in Sri Lanka">terrorism in Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL">terrorism linked to ISIL</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_modern_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in the modern era">persecution of Christians in the modern era</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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style="border:none;;height:91px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG/163px-The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG" decoding="async" width="163" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG/245px-The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG/326px-The_Kingsbury_Hotel.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3555" data-file-height="1990" /></a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:123px;max-width:123px"><div style="border:none;;height:91px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_(13).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_%2813%29.jpg/121px-UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_%2813%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_%2813%29.jpg/182px-UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_%2813%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_%2813%29.jpg/242px-UG-LK_Photowalk_-_OneGalleFace_and_surroundings_-_2017-03-12_%2813%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div style="border:none;;height:216px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine%2C_Kochchikade.jpg/288px-St._Anthony%27s_Shrine%2C_Kochchikade.jpg" decoding="async" width="288" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine%2C_Kochchikade.jpg/432px-St._Anthony%27s_Shrine%2C_Kochchikade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine%2C_Kochchikade.jpg/576px-St._Anthony%27s_Shrine%2C_Kochchikade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="infobox-caption">Three of the major targets. Clockwise from upper left: <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsbury" title="The Kingsbury">The Kingsbury</a>; <a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Colombo" title="Shangri-La Colombo">Shangri-La Hotel</a>; <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">St. Anthony's Shrine</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="switcher-container"><div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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style="top:29.269%;left:51.571%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.003%;left:35.742%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Shangri-La Colombo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Colombo" title="Shangri-La Colombo">Shangri-La Colombo</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.988%;left:31.877%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="The Kingsbury" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/The_Kingsbury" title="The Kingsbury">The Kingsbury</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.101%;left:41.022%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Cinnamon Grand Colombo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:#FFFFFF"><a href="/wiki/Cinnamon_Grand_Colombo" title="Cinnamon Grand Colombo">Cinnamon Grand Colombo</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.308%;left:81.662%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Housing complex in Dematagoda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Housing complex in Dematagoda</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_of_Colombo_municipality.png" title="File:Location map of Colombo municipality.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of bombings in Colombo City</div></div></div></div> Show map of Colombo, Sri Lanka</div><div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px"><div style="position:relative;width:300px;border:1px solid lightgray"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings is located in Sri Lanka"><img alt="2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings is located in Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg/300px-Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="418" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg/450px-Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg/600px-Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1013" data-file-height="1413" /></a><div class="od notheme" style="top:70.99%;left:25.539%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Colombo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div>Colombo</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.976%;left:25.412%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/St._Sebastian%27s_Church,_Katuwapitiya" title="St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya">St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.978%;left:81.818%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Zion Church, Batticaloa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Zion_Church,_Batticaloa" title="Zion Church, Batticaloa">Zion Church, Batticaloa</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:72.457%;left:26.758%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Tropical Inn, Dehiwala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Tropical Inn, <a href="/wiki/Dehiwala" title="Dehiwala">Dehiwala</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lanka_adm-2_location_map.svg" title="File:Sri Lanka adm-2 location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of targeted cities around Sri Lanka</div></div></div></div> Show map of Sri Lanka</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Churches</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">St. Anthony's Shrine, Colombo 13</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/St._Sebastian%27s_Church,_Katuwapitiya" title="St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya">St. Sebastian's Church, Negombo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Zion_Church,_Batticaloa" title="Zion Church, Batticaloa">Zion Church, Batticaloa</a></li></ul></div> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Hotels</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Colombo" title="Shangri-La Colombo">Shangri-La Colombo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cinnamon_Grand_Colombo" title="Cinnamon Grand Colombo">Cinnamon Grand Colombo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Kingsbury" title="The Kingsbury">The Kingsbury</a></li><li>Tropical Inn</li></ul></div> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Housing complex</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>One in <a href="/wiki/Dematagoda" title="Dematagoda">Dematagoda</a></li></ul></div> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">21 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-21)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Target</th><td class="infobox-data">Mainly Christians and tourists</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suicide_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide bombings">Suicide bombings</a>,<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mass_murder" title="Mass murder">mass murder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Acetone_peroxide" title="Acetone peroxide">Acetone peroxide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Explosive" title="Explosive">explosive</a> <a href="/wiki/Fragmentation_(weaponry)" title="Fragmentation (weaponry)">shrapnel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">270 (excluding 9 bombers)<a href="#cite_note-auto-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">500+<a href="#cite_note-Derana321-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrators</th><td class="infobox-data">Nine suicide bombers<a href="#cite_note-bombers-6">[6]</a> <style 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href="#cite_note-isisindependent-10">[10]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motive</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism">Islamic extremism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamic terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Christian_sentiment" title="Anti-Christian sentiment">Anti-Christian sentiment</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inquiry</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">President Sirisena</a> invoked emergency laws, providing <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police" title="Sri Lanka Police">police</a> extensive powers; the president later stated that emergency laws would be confined to dealing with the current terrorism threat and would not be used to impinge freedom of expression<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Charges</th><td class="infobox-data">Nine individuals charged with supplying paraphernalia used in connection with an act of terrorism appeared in <a href="/wiki/Magistrate%27s_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrate's Courts of Sri Lanka">Colombo Magistrates Court</a> on 6 May 2019<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> On 21 April 2019, <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> Sunday, three churches in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, were targeted in a series of coordinated <a href="/wiki/ISIS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS">ISIS</a>-related <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorist</a> suicide bombings. Later that day, two smaller explosions occurred at a housing complex in <a href="/wiki/Dematagoda" title="Dematagoda">Dematagoda</a> and a guest house in <a href="/wiki/Dehiwala" title="Dehiwala">Dehiwala</a>. A total of 269 people were killed,<a href="#cite_note-auto-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-3">[3]</a> including at least 45 foreign nationals,<a href="#cite_note-ndtv.com-13">[13]</a> three police officers, and eight suicide bombers. An additional 500 were injured.<a href="#cite_note-numInjured-19">[a]</a> The church bombings were carried out during <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">services</a> in <a href="/wiki/Negombo" title="Negombo">Negombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>; the hotels bombed included the <a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Colombo" title="Shangri-La Colombo">Shangri-La</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cinnamon_Grand_Colombo" title="Cinnamon Grand Colombo">Cinnamon Grand</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsbury" title="The Kingsbury">Kingsbury</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a> and Tropical Inn.<a href="#cite_note-hotels-25">[b]</a> According to the <a href="/wiki/State_Intelligence_Service_(Sri_Lanka)" title="State Intelligence Service (Sri Lanka)">State Intelligence Service</a>, a second wave of attacks was planned, but was prevented due to government raids.<a href="#cite_note-DM319-26">[24]</a> According to Sri Lankan government officials, all eight suicide bombers involved in the attacks were Sri Lankan citizens associated with <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</a> (NTJ), a local Islamist militant group with suspected foreign ties, previously known for attacks against <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-local_militants-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a> On 23 April, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)">State Minister of Defence</a> <a href="/wiki/Ruwan_Wijewardene" title="Ruwan Wijewardene">Ruwan Wijewardene</a> theorized that the attack was in retaliation for the <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings" title="Christchurch mosque shootings">Christchurch mosque shootings</a> which occurred the month before on 15 March 2019.<a href="#cite_note-christchurch-32">[c]</a> The direct linkage between the two attacks has been questioned by the government of <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> and by other experts. The NTJ had been stockpiling explosives at least since January 2019.<a href="#cite_note-ardern-33">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-NZSrilanka-34">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-dailymirror-35">[32]</a> On 23 April 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Amaq_News_Agency" title="Amaq News Agency">Amaq News Agency</a>, a propaganda outlet for the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (ISIL), stated that "the perpetrators of the attack targeting the citizens of coalition countries and Christians in Sri Lanka were Islamic State fighters."<a href="#cite_note-isisindependent-10">[10]</a> Sri Lanka was not part of the <a href="/wiki/Anti-ISIL_coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-ISIL coalition">anti-ISIL coalition</a>, yet the overwhelming majority of those killed in the bombings were Sri Lankan citizens.<a href="#cite_note-36">[33]</a> ISIL leader <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a>, who was previously believed to be either dead or retired, praised the attackers during an 18-minute video on a range of topics.<a href="#cite_note-37">[34]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)">Criminal Investigation Department</a>, however, stated that there was no evidence of ISIL's direct involvement.<a href="#cite_note-Ravi-38">[35]</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Investigations">Security lapses</a> leading to the attack, and the Sri Lankan government's failure to act on intelligence were highlighted during inquiries into the attacks. On 12 January 2023, The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court of Sri Lanka</a> ruled that the then-incumbent <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">president</a> <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> and several other government authorities at the time failed to act on intelligence, and were ordered to pay compensation to victims.<a href="#cite_note-39">[36]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_modern_era#Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in the modern era">Persecution of Christians in the modern era § Sri Lanka</a></div> The main <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Religion in Sri Lanka">religions in Sri Lanka</a> are <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (70.3%), <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (12.6%), <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (9.7%) and <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (6.1%),<a href="#cite_note-40">[37]</a> with 82% of the Christians being <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Catholic Church in Sri Lanka">Roman Catholics</a>. The remaining Christians are evenly split between the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ceylon" title="Church of Ceylon">Anglican Church of Ceylon</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant denominations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[38]</a> During the 2010s, a low but persisting number of attacks and threats were made against Christian congregations and individuals, as well as other religious minorities, by local monks, although they may or may not be actual members of the Buddhist clergy.<a href="#cite_note-42">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[40]</a> Anglican Bishop of Colombo, <a href="/wiki/Dhiloraj_Canagasabey" title="Dhiloraj Canagasabey">Dhiloraj Canagasabey</a> called for constitutional rights on religion to be protected.<a href="#cite_note-44">[41]</a> In 2018, the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) reported a large increase in the number of attacks against Christians in the country that year. This coincided with a Supreme Court ruling against a Catholic organisation in August, which deemed that <a href="/wiki/Proselytism" title="Proselytism">proselytism</a> was not protected by the constitution (though individual <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Freedom of religion in Sri Lanka">freedom of religion</a> remained protected).<a href="#cite_note-45">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[43]</a> <a href="/wiki/Easter_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Sunday">Easter Sunday</a> is Christianity's holiest day and church attendance in Sri Lanka is very high on this day.<a href="#cite_note-47">[44]</a> This was the first time since 2009, the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War, that the country had experienced a major terrorist attack.<a href="#cite_note-SMH_210419-48">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islamic_radicalisation">Islamic radicalisation</h3></div> The Sri Lankan government was aware of some foreigners arriving in Sri Lanka to spread what justice minister <a href="/wiki/Wijeyadasa_Rajapakshe" title="Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe">Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe</a> called <a href="/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism">Islamic extremism</a>. In November 2016 he told parliament that 32 Sri Lankan Muslims from "well-educated and elite" families joined the ISIL.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian_220419-49">[46]</a> On 25 April 2019, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> revealed that the government had known of the Sri Lankan nationals who had joined Islamic State and returned to the country – but they couldn't be arrested, because joining a foreign terrorist organisation is not against the law.<a href="#cite_note-Washington_Post_250419-50">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian_230419-52">[49]</a> In the aftermath of the bombings, investigations revealed that school textbooks for Islam published by the government also encouraged the radicalisation of Muslims. The school books since the 1980s called for the death sentence for those who leave Islam.<a href="#cite_note-53">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prior_to_the_attacks">Prior to the attacks</h3></div> Vice president of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka Hilmy Ahamed had said about three years ago he warned military intelligence officials about the <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</a>, saying "targeting the non-Muslim community is something they encourage – they say you have to kill them in the name of religion".<a href="#cite_note-Bloomberg_220419-55">[52]</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_intelligence_agencies" title="List of Indian intelligence agencies">Indian intelligence agencies</a> provided specific information to Sri Lankan authorities about the method and target locations for the potential terrorist attacks to Sri Lankan authorities as early as 4 April, and again on the night before, and as close as two hours, before the first attack. This included information about the threat to churches, gathered from interrogation of a suspected ISIL recruit in Indian custody.<a href="#cite_note-ToI_parliamentary_probe-56">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-CNN_Indian_Intelligence-57">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_230419-58">[55]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agence_France-Presse" title="Agence France-Presse">AFP</a> reported on a police chief warning security officials in an advisory ten days before the attacks of a threat to prominent churches from a <a href="/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism" title="Islamic fundamentalism">radical Islamist</a> group, <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-59">[56]</a> No information in this regard had been passed to the senior politicians of the country;<a href="#cite_note-deathtoll-60">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-Blasts_at_Sri_Lanka_hotels_and_churches_kill_156-61">[58]</a> Minister <a href="/wiki/Harin_Fernando" title="Harin Fernando">Harin Fernando</a> then tweeted images of an internal memo and report by the police intelligence of a terror attack planned by the founder of National Thowheeth Jama’ath, Mohammed Zahran.<a href="#cite_note-founder-62">[59]</a> Investigators have said that Rilwan Hashim, brother of Zahran, had built the explosives alongside Mohammad Hasthoon. Zahran had claimed to have been appointed member of the Sri Lankan branch of Islamic State by one of its officials and to be receiving orders directly from Syria, a claim investigators believe to have been fabricated. Zahran held a meeting in early April 2019 with over a dozen people in <a href="/wiki/Panadura" title="Panadura">Panadura</a>, where they decided upon the attack. Some participants however wanted to target the Buddhist festivals<a href="#cite_note-Pledge-63">[60]</a> The cohorts of Hashim had stayed in contact through <a href="/wiki/WhatsApp" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telegram_(software)" title="Telegram (software)">Telegram</a>. The planning for a future attack may have begun in mid-2018, though the group hadn't selected any target. Investigators believe that the Easter attack plan came into being much later, with roles of perpetrators being decided upon only shortly before <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>. They had communicated through <a href="/wiki/Threema" title="Threema">Threema</a> a few weeks before the attack.<a href="#cite_note-TheHindu25May-9">[9]</a> In January 2019 a stockpile of suspicious explosives was discovered near the Wilpattu National Park which contained 100 kilos of high explosives and 100 detonators. The police confirmed that this was from a "newly formed radical Muslim group". On 16 April a parked motorcycle in Kattankudy carrying explosives detonated without casualties during a lightning storm.<a href="#cite_note-64">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[63]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacks">Attacks</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Risen_Jesus,_Sri_Lanka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Statue_of_Risen_Jesus%2C_Sri_Lanka.jpg/220px-Statue_of_Risen_Jesus%2C_Sri_Lanka.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Statue_of_Risen_Jesus%2C_Sri_Lanka.jpg/330px-Statue_of_Risen_Jesus%2C_Sri_Lanka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Statue_of_Risen_Jesus%2C_Sri_Lanka.jpg/440px-Statue_of_Risen_Jesus%2C_Sri_Lanka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption>Statue of the Risen Jesus with blast marks and human blood after the Easter attack</figcaption></figure> Christians were attending Easter Sunday services when the bombings took place, targeting churches and hotels around Sri Lanka. The sequence and coordination of the bombings were planned to cause maximum destruction, targeting Christians during <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">worship services</a> across the island nation, and targeting guests during breakfast in beachfront hotels in the capital. All six of the first set of explosions targeting the churches and hotels were carried out by suicide bombers.<a href="#cite_note-deathtoll-60">[57]</a> The first blast took place in the <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">Shrine of St. Anthony</a>, a historic Catholic church in the capital, where more than 40 people were killed. The second blast took place in <a href="/wiki/St._Sebastian%27s_Church,_Katuwapitiya" title="St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya">St. Sebastian's Church</a> in the Christian-majority suburb of Negombo, to the north of Colombo and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Jayawardenepura_Kotte" title="Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte">Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[64]</a> Over 100 people were killed at St. Sebastian's Church.<a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times_240419-68">[65]</a> St. Sebastian's is also close to Sri Lanka's main airport, <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport" title="Bandaranaike International Airport">Bandaranaike International Airport</a>, where security was heightened.<a href="#cite_note-deathtoll-60">[57]</a> On the other side of the island in Batticaloa, a bomb blast 15 minutes later killed 30 people at the Protestant evangelical <a href="/wiki/Zion_Church,_Batticaloa" title="Zion Church, Batticaloa">Zion Church</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times_240419-68">[65]</a> Sri Lankan media reported at least 40 people killed in Colombo, between St. Anthony's and the hotels.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes-21apr2019-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-news1st-21apr2019-69">[66]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Timeline of the bombings<a href="#cite_note-timeline-70">[67]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Time (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a>) </th> <th scope="col">Locations<a href="#cite_note-71">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-roar_210419-72">[69]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>8:25 am </td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>: <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">Shrine of St. Anthony Church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8:45 am </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Negombo" title="Negombo">Negombo</a>: <a href="/wiki/St._Sebastian%27s_Church,_Katuwapitiya" title="St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya">St. Sebastian's Church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9:05 am </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a>: <a href="/wiki/Zion_Church,_Batticaloa" title="Zion Church, Batticaloa">Zion Church</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9:15 – 9:20 am </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cinnamon_Grand_Colombo" title="Cinnamon Grand Colombo">Cinnamon Grand Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsbury" title="The Kingsbury">Kingsbury Hotel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Colombo" title="Shangri-La Colombo">Shangri-La Hotel</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2:00 pm </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dehiwala" title="Dehiwala">Dehiwala</a>: Tropical Inn </td></tr> <tr> <td>2:15 pm </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dematagoda" title="Dematagoda">Dematagoda</a>: Housing complex </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches">Churches</h3></div> The Catholic <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">Shrine of St. Anthony</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kotahena" title="Kotahena">Kotahena</a>, Colombo, was the first to be hit, followed by the Catholic Church of St. Sebastian in <a href="/wiki/Negombo" title="Negombo">Negombo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[70]</a> Sri Lankan news media initially reported at least 93 people killed at St. Sebastian's.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes-21apr2019-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-news1st-21apr2019-69">[66]</a> In October 2019, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> reported that a total of 115 people had died in the St. Sebastian's bombing, including 27 children.<a href="#cite_note-74">[71]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Zion_Church,_Batticaloa" title="Zion Church, Batticaloa">Zion Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa" title="Batticaloa">Batticaloa</a>, a Protestant congregation, was also bombed.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-59">[56]</a> Local news reported at least 30 killed in Batticaloa,<a href="#cite_note-nytimes-21apr2019-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-news1st-21apr2019-69">[66]</a> with 9 of these reported by a police official to be tourists.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-21apr2019-21">[20]</a> A hospital official in the region said that more than 300 people had been admitted following the explosion.<a href="#cite_note-guardian-20apr2019-23">[22]</a> The BBC reported that the suicide bomber had attempted to enter the church under the guise of filming it, but was denied access because of the ongoing service. Instead, he detonated his bomb in the churchyard, killing many children from the attached Sunday school who were taking a break.<a href="#cite_note-75">[72]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hotels">Hotels</h3></div> Three 5-star hotels on the beachfront in central Colombo were attacked around the same time as the churches: the <a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_Colombo" title="Shangri-La Colombo">Shangri-La Hotel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cinnamon_Grand_Colombo" title="Cinnamon Grand Colombo">Cinnamon Grand Colombo</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Kingsbury" title="The Kingsbury">The Kingsbury</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes-21apr2019-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[73]</a> The Shangri-La bombers struck at 08:57 hours (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a>) during breakfast in the Table One Restaurant on the hotel's third floor, which was reportedly full of foreign tourists who made up the bulk of the hotel's clientele.<a href="#cite_note-nytimes-21apr2019-14">[14]</a> The suicide bomber who struck at the Taprobane restaurant in the Cinnamon Grand hotel had checked into the hotel with a false name the night before, claiming to be on a business trip. The bomber entered the queue of the packed restaurant's breakfast buffet the next morning and detonated explosives strapped to his back as he was about to be served. One of the hotel's managers who was welcoming guests was among those killed instantly.<a href="#cite_note-77">[74]</a> The reception hall of a <a href="/wiki/Guest_house" title="Guest house">guest house</a>, the Tropical Inn in <a href="/wiki/Dehiwala" title="Dehiwala">Dehiwala</a>, was also attacked later in the day, with two deaths reported.<a href="#cite_note-TropicalIndy-24">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[76]</a> Later on during investigations, It was found that the bomber's original target had been the <a href="/wiki/Taj_Samudra" title="Taj Samudra">Taj Samudra</a> Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>. CCTV footage given to the media by the hotel shows the bomber attempting to detonate his vest three times in the dining area and upon failing, leaving the premises at 8.49 a.m.<a href="#cite_note-80">[77]</a> The Kingsbury hotel management resumed their operations on 24 April 2019 followed by Cinnamon Grand few days later; Shangri-La partially reopened on 12 June 2019.<a href="#cite_note-closed-85">[d]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Residence">Residence</h3></div> A further bombing occurred later in the day when police executed a breach and clear at a suspect's house in the suburbs of Colombo; in <a href="/wiki/Dematagoda" title="Dematagoda">Dematagoda</a> killing three police officers and four others at the premises including the suicide bomber.<a href="#cite_note-86">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[83]</a> The pregnant suicide bomber, whose three children were killed in the blast, was the wife of Ilham Ibrahim, the Shangri-La suicide bomber, and the sister-in-law of Inshaf Ahmed Ibrahim, the Cinnamon Grand suicide bomber.<a href="#cite_note-88">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2></div> The government closed facilities for security; the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Defence Ministry</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Curfew#Sri_Lanka" title="Curfew">police curfew</a> starting at 18:00 local time on the day of the attacks, and imposed a temporary social media ban,<a href="#cite_note-89">[85]</a> whilst the Minister of Education, <a href="/wiki/Akila_Viraj_Kariyawasam" title="Akila Viraj Kariyawasam">Akila Viraj Kariyawasam</a>, had all schools closed for the following two days.<a href="#cite_note-90">[86]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Stock_Exchange" title="Colombo Stock Exchange">Colombo Stock Exchange</a> announced that its operations will be temporarily suspended following the terror attacks, not opening as planned on 22 April 2019.<a href="#cite_note-91">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[88]</a> An <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">improvised explosive device</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[89]</a> was found near the <a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_International_Airport" title="Bandaranaike International Airport">Bandaranaike International Airport</a> in Colombo and was dismantled by the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Air Force">Sri Lankan Air Force</a>.<a href="#cite_note-94">[90]</a> On 22 April, the <a href="/wiki/Special_Task_Force_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Special Task Force (Sri Lanka)">Special Task Force</a> (STF), the elite counter-terrorism unit of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police" title="Sri Lanka Police">Sri Lanka Police</a>, located a van belonging to the attackers near <a href="/wiki/St._Anthony%27s_Shrine,_Kochchikade" title="St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade">St. Anthony's Shrine</a>, the site of one of the prior day's blasts. Upon inspection, the vehicle was found to have been rigged with 3 bombs. After the STF's bomb-defusing unit evacuated the surrounding area, the bombs were detonated simultaneously during a defusing attempt.<a href="#cite_note-95">[91]</a> The same day, police reportedly found 87 items of bomb paraphernalia at the Bastian Mawatha Private Bus Station in Pettah.<a href="#cite_note-guardian22aprillive-96">[92]</a> On 25 April, the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)">Criminal Investigation Department</a> (CID) released names and photos of six suspects wanted in connection over the Easter Sunday bombings, seeking public assistance.<a href="#cite_note-97">[93]</a> On 28 April, police confirmed two of the suspects, Mohomed Iwuhaim Saadiq Abdul Haq and Mohomed Iwuhaim Shahid Abdul Haq, who were arrested in <a href="/wiki/Nawalapitiya" title="Nawalapitiya">Nawalapitiya</a> and would be handed over to the CID.<a href="#cite_note-98">[94]</a> Since the attacks, any garment covering the face including the burqa and niqab, has been banned in Sri Lanka.<a href="#cite_note-99">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victims">Victims</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable floatright" style="font-size:85%; text-align:left; margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em;"> <caption>Deaths by citizenship<a href="#cite_note-100">[96]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Citizenship </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Number </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> </td> <td>219 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[97]</a> </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[98]</a> </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[99]</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[100]</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[101]</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[102]</a> </td> <td>3<a href="#cite_note-107">[e]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a><a href="#cite_note-ndtv.com-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[103]</a> </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[104]</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a><a href="#cite_note-aawsat-110">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-Saudi-Airlines-111">[106]</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a><a href="#cite_note-auto2-112">[107]</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[108]</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a><a href="#cite_note-Bangladeshi_victim-1-114">[109]</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[110]</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[111]</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th style="text-align:left;">Total </th> <td>269 </td></tr></tbody></table> The bombings killed 269 people and injured at least 500. Initially, 359 fatalities were reported; the Ministry of Health later reduced the number by 106 after cross-referencing DNA samples to body parts. The majority of the dead are Sri Lankans, with at least 45 foreigners among those killed.<a href="#cite_note-ndtv.com-13">[13]</a> Some notable victims include: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shantha_Mayadunne" title="Shantha Mayadunne">Shantha Mayadunne</a>, a Sri Lankan TV chef. Her daughter was also among the victims.<a href="#cite_note-117">[112]</a></li> <li>Three of the four children of the billionaire <a href="/wiki/Anders_Holch_Povlsen" title="Anders Holch Povlsen">Anders Holch Povlsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive Officer">CEO</a> of Danish clothing retailer <a href="/wiki/Bestseller_(company)" title="Bestseller (company)">Bestseller</a>.<a href="#cite_note-118">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-tgasos-119">[114]</a></li> <li>A maternal grandson of Bangladeshi politician <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Selim" title="Sheikh Selim">Sheikh Selim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bangladeshi_victim-1-114">[109]</a></li> <li>A relative of British politician <a href="/wiki/Tulip_Siddiq" title="Tulip Siddiq">Tulip Siddiq</a>.<a href="#cite_note-120">[115]</a></li></ul> At least 45 children, including nine who were foreigners, were killed.<a href="#cite_note-guardian22aprillive-96">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbcdead-121">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-australians-122">[117]</a> On 23 April, the first mass <a href="/wiki/Christian_burial" title="Christian burial">funeral</a> was held at <a href="/wiki/St._Sebastian%27s_Church,_Katuwapitiya" title="St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya">St. Sebastian's Church, Katuwapitiya</a>.<a href="#cite_note-123">[118]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subsequent_events">Subsequent events</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sainthamaruthu_shootout" title="Sainthamaruthu shootout">Sainthamaruthu shootout</a></div> On 26 April, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lanka Army</a> and the STF carried out a search operation in <a href="/wiki/Sainthamaruthu" title="Sainthamaruthu">Sainthamaruthu</a> where three explosions and a shootout occurred when they attempted to raid a suspected hideout following a tip-off. Three suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing nine of their family members, including three women and six children, while three other terrorists were shot dead by the soldiers. One civilian was caught in the crossfire and died, according to police, while a wounded woman and child were taken to hospital.<a href="#cite_note-kalmunai-129">[f]</a> Another search operation in <a href="/wiki/Sammanthurai" title="Sammanthurai">Sammanthurai</a> based on information received by the <a href="/wiki/State_Intelligence_Service_(Sri_Lanka)" title="State Intelligence Service (Sri Lanka)">State Intelligence Service</a> led to a house where a stock of more than 150 <a href="/wiki/Gelignite" title="Gelignite">gelignite</a> sticks, IS uniforms and flags, 100,000 metal balls, a drone, a van and a laptop were discovered.<a href="#cite_note-130">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[126]</a> An indefinite curfew was imposed in the police areas of Kalmunai, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chawalakade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chawalakade (page does not exist)">Chawalakade</a> and Sammanthurai.<a href="#cite_note-133">[127]</a> As a result of the raids and arrests a second wave of planned attacks targeting several churches, opposing mosques and the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_the_Tooth" title="Temple of the Tooth">Temple of the Tooth</a> were averted.<a href="#cite_note-DM319-26">[24]</a> On the same day, a suspect was arrested and more than 40 swords, kris knives and several uniforms similar to those worn by the army were recovered from a mosque at Palliyaweediya on <a href="/wiki/Slave_Island" title="Slave Island">Slave Island</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[128]</a> On 27 April, while conducting house to house raids in the <a href="/wiki/Kalmunai" title="Kalmunai">Kalmunai</a> area, evidence recovered linked three suspects to the murders of two police officers, Dinesh Alagaratnam and Niroshan Indika, on 29 November 2018 in <a href="/wiki/Vavunathivu" title="Vavunathivu">Vavunathivu</a>. All three suspects were arrested and <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Mirror_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)">The Daily Mirror</a> reported that sources confirmed they were part of a "radical Islamist" group.<a href="#cite_note-135">[129]</a> On the same day, the driver of the main suspect involved in the attacks, Mohamed Sahran, was arrested in <a href="/wiki/Kattankudy" title="Kattankudy">Kattankudy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[130]</a> The Negombo Deputy Mayor, Mohomad Anzar, was taken into custody with a sword, a knife and 38 mobile phone batteries.<a href="#cite_note-137">[131]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_response">Government response</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf"><img resource="/wiki/File:President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf/page1-150px-President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf/page1-225px-President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf/page1-300px-President_SIRISENA_invokes_emergency_laws_following_Easter_Sunday_bombings.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="1754" /></a><figcaption>Proclamation of emergency laws</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precautionary_measures">Precautionary measures</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="State_of_emergency">State of emergency</h4></div> Following President Sirisena's return to the island from Singapore on 22 April 2019, where he was on a personal visit, the Sri Lankan government declared a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> from midnight of 22 April by an extraordinary gazette notification issued by the President under the Public Security Ordinance. This would give the government, police and the armed forces sweeping powers to undertake counter-terrorism activities. The government also announced that it would hold a <a href="/wiki/National_day_of_mourning" title="National day of mourning">national day of mourning</a> the following day. On 24 April, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Parliament">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> passed emergency regulations without a vote after a day-long debate. Emergency regulations give the police and armed forces powers to search, arrest and detain persons for up to 24 hours without a warrant.<a href="#cite_note-138">[132]</a> On 25 August 2019, the government lifted the state of emergency, following the normalising of the security situation.<a href="#cite_note-139">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Curfews">Curfews</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> After incidents occurred yesterday in the North-Western Province, starting from Chilaw and spreading to Kuliyapitiya, Hettipola and other areas, we had to impose curfew last evening. There were incidents of youth involved in damaging and destroying property. So, I as Army Commander request and at the same time warn anyone who has planned to destroy or dishonour the orders given by the government or the Armed Forces, that we will take stern action. I say again we will take stern action to apprehend, arrest and even open fire and use minimum or maximum powers given under emergency laws. We will ensure that the country will not return to violence, including the violence of radicalization and terrorists. Please ensure that you do not get involved in such illegal incidents or any such activities. The Armed Forces will not hesitate to use our powers to curb, curtail and contain the situation. The Armed Forces are strong enough to ensure there won't be an escalation of violence in any part of the island. We have deployed the Army, Navy and Air Force to assist the Police to maintain law and order. I humbly request the youth not to get involved in violence and get entangled with the Armed Forces where we are ready to use our powers. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Army_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)">Army Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Senanayake" title="Mahesh Senanayake">Mahesh Senanayake</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Will-not-hesitate-to-use-maximum-force:-Army-Commander/108-167086">Daily Mirror</a></cite> </div> Since 21 April evening, the government has imposed nightly <a href="/wiki/Curfew#Sri_Lanka" title="Curfew">police curfews</a> effective island-wide, with the hours reduced to 2200 to 0400 hours until 27 April. Indefinite curfews were imposed in several police divisions where incidents such as the Sainthamaruthu shootout took place.<a href="#cite_note-140">[134]</a> On 12 May, a group of people congregated in the town of <a href="/wiki/Chilaw" title="Chilaw">Chilaw</a> allegedly following a Facebook post that claimed there was a plan to attack the town. An immediate police curfew was imposed and the situation was brought under control without further damage. Two people were later arrested over the incident.<a href="#cite_note-141">[135]</a> On 13 May, sporadic isolated incidents where groups of people vandalised property in the <a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a> caused police to impose curfew across the entire country. Acting Police Chief C.D. Wickramaratne promised an overwhelming police response against any individuals breaking the law by instigating sporadic countrywide riots targeting Muslim-owned property and businesses. In a hard-hitting statement, Army Commander <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Senanayake" title="Mahesh Senanayake">Mahesh Senanayake</a> stated that the security forces had been given broad-ranging powers under emergency laws, and would respond proportionately to the threat, but that they would not hesitate to utilise the full extent of their powers to ensure that the rule of law is maintained.<a href="#cite_note-142">[136]</a> On 14 May, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that all necessary powers to restore peace and stability to the country had been given to security forces and police. He further stated that creating unnecessary disturbances would hinder the ongoing investigations to apprehend terrorists.<a href="#cite_note-143">[137]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> We will not let any elements or any cowardly acts of a few extremists drag the country to anarchy over the unfortunate events on Easter Sunday. We are receiving information on those responsible for such activities, and will take full action against them. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">Acting IGP <a href="/wiki/C._D._Wickramaratne" title="C. D. Wickramaratne">Wickramaratne</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Stern-action-against-lawbreakers--warns-Acting-IGP/108-167084">Daily Mirror</a></cite> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ban_on_social_media">Ban on social media</h4></div> The government temporarily blocked major <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> networks and messaging services <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a>, <a href="/wiki/WhatsApp" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viber" title="Viber">Viber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Snapchat" title="Snapchat">Snapchat</a> and <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> within hours of the attack. The blocking included <a href="/wiki/Virtual_private_network" title="Virtual private network">VPN</a> service providers that could be used to circumvent the blocks.<a href="#cite_note-144">[138]</a> Some commentators condoned the move and viewed it as evidence that social media sites had failed to stop misinformation.<a href="#cite_note-cjrsrilanka-145">[139]</a> Others criticised the block for cutting off Sri Lankans from means of communicating with relatives during a disaster<a href="#cite_note-146">[140]</a> and saw it as counterproductive in reducing fake news.<a href="#cite_note-147">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[143]</a> On 30 April, President Sirisena ordered the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to lift the social media ban.<a href="#cite_note-150">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-151">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[146]</a> On 13 May, the government blocked social media for the third time following the anti-Muslim riots.<a href="#cite_note-153">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ban_on_burqa">Ban on burqa</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hijab_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Hijab by country">Hijab by country</a></div> On 24 April 2019, a Sri Lankan MP Ashu Marasinghe called for both <a href="/wiki/Burqa" title="Burqa">burqa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Niq%C4%81b" title="Niqāb">niqab</a> to be banned from the country and proposed that a bill be passed in the Parliament during a local parliamentary session in wake of the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-155">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-157">[151]</a> On 28 April 2019, President Sirisena banned any type of face covering that prevents or hinders facial identification, including the <a href="/wiki/Burqa" title="Burqa">burqa</a> or <a href="/wiki/Niq%C4%81b" title="Niqāb">niqāb</a> under an emergency law that will go into force on 29 April 2019. This law does not prevent a Muslim woman from wearing a <a href="/wiki/Hijab" title="Hijab">hijab</a> or <a href="/wiki/Chador" title="Chador">chador</a>. Breaching any emergency law is punishable by a maximum penalty of death, a recently reinstated penalty that has not been used for more than four decades.<a href="#cite_note-158">[152]</a> In a press release, the President stated the decision was taken to "further support the ongoing security and help the armed forces to easily identify the identity of any wanted perpetrators".<a href="#cite_note-159">[153]</a> The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulema also told all Muslim women not to wear face veils in public for security reasons. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Surveillance">Surveillance</h4></div> On 10 May 2019, it was mandated that copies of all sermons given inside mosques be submitted to the Ministry of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs, as part of a broader strategic plan to monitor activities inside mosques. The Ministry said mosques must not be used for radicalising congregations.<a href="#cite_note-160">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Centralised_and_Integrated_Population_Information_System">Centralised and Integrated Population Information System</h4></div> On 8 May 2019, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe announced plans for a centralised platform for the collection, monitoring and storage of intelligence. The system known as the Centralised and Integrated Population Information System will collect biometric data from iris scanning and facial identification at all ports of entry and exit. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Provincial Councils and local governments were instructed to prepare an action plan for this system in two weeks, to obtain Cabinet approval.<a href="#cite_note-161">[155]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Investigations">Investigations</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Intelligence_Report:_Security_lapse_Inquiry">Indian Intelligence Report: Security lapse Inquiry</h4></div> Sri Lanka's Minister of Telecommunication <a href="/wiki/Harin_Fernando" title="Harin Fernando">Harin Fernando</a> had tweeted that Inspector General of Police <a href="/wiki/Pujith_Jayasundara" title="Pujith Jayasundara">Pujith Jayasundara</a> sent an alert by his Deputy Inspector General Priyalal Dissanayake dated 11 April 2019 relaying an <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_agencies_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelligence agencies of India">Indian intelligence</a> report<a href="#cite_note-162">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-163">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-165">[159]</a> from 4 April that suicide bombers affiliated with NTJ planned to attack prominent churches and the <a href="/wiki/India_House_(Colombo)" class="mw-redirect" title="India House (Colombo)">Indian embassy in Colombo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[162]</a> The Indian intelligence service reissued the warnings two days and then again two hours before the attacks. Following the attacks, it disclosed that some of the information about the attacks was gleaned from an <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIL</a> suspect arrested in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, who revealed the name of a man, Zahran Hashim, the founder of the NTJ.<a href="#cite_note-founder-62">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto5-169">[163]</a> After initial government denials of the alert's authenticity, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> stated that "information was there," about the attacks, and that his government must "look into why adequate precautions were not taken."<a href="#cite_note-deathtoll-60">[57]</a> The Sri Lankan government has acknowledged and apologized for failing to act on warnings received from Indian intelligence before the bombings.<a href="#cite_note-170">[164]</a> The State Defence Minister had earlier requested that the media not publish the names of the attackers, and said the government believes the attacks were carried out by a single group of religious extremists.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-59">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-171">[165]</a> <dl><dt>TID pre-bombing investigation</dt></dl> It was later claimed that the Police Terrorism Investigations Division (TID) has been investigating the activities of the chief suspect Zahran, with an <a href="/wiki/Arrest_warrant" title="Arrest warrant">arrest warrant</a> issued by the Colombo Magistrate's Court in August 2018 based on a 'B' report dated 2 July 2018 which the TID had submitted. However, the investigation had stopped after the arrest of the head of the TID, DIG <a href="/wiki/Nalaka_de_Silva" title="Nalaka de Silva">Nalaka de Silva</a> in September 2018, on allegations of attempting to assassinate President Sirisena, which ignited the <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 constitutional crisis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-172">[166]</a> <dl><dt>Presidential Commission of Inquiry</dt></dl> This security lapse forms part of a current <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_of_Inquiry_on_the_Easter_Attacks" title="Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks">Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday bombings</a>.<a href="#cite_note-173">[167]</a> The commission submitted an interim report two weeks after the attack and extension of its term until 31 May to complete the final report. Based on the interim report of the presidential commission, the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Attorney General of Sri Lanka">Attorney General</a> Dappula de Livera instructed the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department" title="Criminal Investigation Department">Criminal Investigation Department</a> to carry out a criminal investigation against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundera to determine if they failed to act on intelligence warnings about the attack.<a href="#cite_note-174">[168]</a> The final report was presented to President Sirisena by the commission on 10 June 2019.<a href="#cite_note-175">[169]</a> <dl><dt>Parliamentary Select Committee</dt></dl> In May, a Parliamentary <a href="/wiki/Select_committee_(parliamentary_system)" title="Select committee (parliamentary system)">Select Committee</a> (PSC) was appointed to probe the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks and incidents in its aftermath by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker of the Parliament</a>. The Select committee is headed by the Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri and includes seven MPs. The <a href="/wiki/SLFP" class="mw-redirect" title="SLFP">SLFP</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UPFA" class="mw-redirect" title="UPFA">UPFA</a> decided not to participate in the Select committee.<a href="#cite_note-176">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-177">[171]</a><a href="#cite_note-178">[172]</a> On 7 June 2019, President Sirisena called an emergency Cabinet meeting and protested the PSC probe. He ordered that the PSC be terminated. He was critical of the PSC for summoning intelligence and police officers. He had ordered no public officer to appear for summons issued by the PSC.<a href="#cite_note-179">[173]</a> Following Chief of National Intelligence <a href="/wiki/Sisira_Mendis" title="Sisira Mendis">Sisira Mendis</a>'s statement at the PSC to the effect that President Sirisena knew about the warnings of an impending attack, Sirisena sacked Mendis within hours.<a href="#cite_note-180">[174]</a> <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ranjith" title="Malcolm Ranjith">Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith</a> referred to the PSC's report when mentioning suspicion that the Government had in some way colluded with the bombers. "The Parliament Select Committee report makes recommendations against the former President, former inspector general of police, former defence secretary, former chief of intelligence and other top-level officials, for not having prevented the attacks. They knew beforehand from information they had gathered and also from warnings given by the Indian intelligence services, but they did nothing. In fact, the Government seems to have done its best to prevent the arrest of the attackers. There are indications that the authorities wanted the attacks to be carried out”, he stated, further quoting excerpts from the report that indicate that the Government may have been motivated by electoral gain.<a href="#cite_note-181">[175]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bombing_investigation">Bombing investigation</h4></div> The <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Police">Sri Lankan Police</a> launched an investigation into the incident; it has now transpired into a major transnational investigation led by the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)">Criminal Investigation Department</a> of the Sri Lankan Police to hunt down all the perpetrators involved in this incident. Six foreign police agencies, including <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI), <a href="/wiki/National_Investigation_Agency" title="National Investigation Agency">National Investigation Agency</a> (NIA)<a href="#cite_note-182">[176]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interpol" title="Interpol">Interpol</a> are assisting the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Police">Sri Lankan Police</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CNN_260419-183">[177]</a> The bomber at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel was a guest who registered under the name of "Mohamed Azzam Mohamed" and gave a false address.<a href="#cite_note-184">[178]</a> The Shangri-La Hotel bomber was identified by police as Insan Seelavan, a factory owner, nine of whose employees have been arrested.<a href="#cite_note-185">[179]</a> On 23 April 2019, three Sri Lankan government and military sources told Reuters that a Syrian national had been held in custody for questioning over the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-SyrianInCustody-186">[180]</a> Later on 23 April, the Sri Lankan State Defence Minister, <a href="/wiki/Ruwan_Wijewardene" title="Ruwan Wijewardene">Ruwan Wijewardene</a>, said that initial investigations have revealed that Islamic extremists "carried out the attacks in retaliation for <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings" title="Christchurch mosque shootings">a March attack on two mosques in New Zealand</a>".<a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive-28">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive2-29">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive3-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive4-31">[29]</a> This has been questioned by New Zealand's Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern" title="Jacinda Ardern">Jacinda Ardern</a> and by analysts, as the attacks were likely planned before the Christchurch attacks.<a href="#cite_note-ardern-33">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-NZSrilanka-34">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-dailymirror-35">[32]</a> New Zealand security expert Paul Buchanan said that "Christchurch seems to be a convenient justification for something that was being planned before 15 March".<a href="#cite_note-NZSrilanka-34">[31]</a> Shortly afterward, <a href="/wiki/Amaq_News_Agency" title="Amaq News Agency">Amaq News Agency</a> claimed ISIL inspired the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-isisindependent-10">[10]</a> It released a photo and a video showing eight suicide bombers pledging allegiance to ISIL leader <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a>. Zahran Hashim of the NTJ was identified as their leader.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-169">[163]</a> Amaq's statements emphasised the attacks were against Christians who are at war with the organisation. None of them referenced Christchurch.<a href="#cite_note-autolongwar-187">[181]</a> Investigators believe the bombs were made of <a href="/wiki/Acetone_peroxide" title="Acetone peroxide">acetone peroxide</a>, and are looking into training camps that had been hidden on a remote compound near <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wanathavilluwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wanathavilluwa (page does not exist)">Wanathavilluwa</a>, on the west coast of the country, and possible links to overseas jihadist networks.<a href="#cite_note-188">[182]</a><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph_240419-189">[183]</a> According to the investigators, the perpetrators were offered military training by a person named Army Mohideen, while weapons training was provided overseas as well as in Nuwara Eliya and Wanathawilluwa in the Eastern Province. The vehicles used in the attack are believed to have been procured from a car sales centre in Kadawata.<a href="#cite_note-190">[184]</a> The <a href="/wiki/National_Investigation_Agency" title="National Investigation Agency">National Investigation Agency</a> of India confirmed that on 28 April, four homes were raided in <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> as part of the transnational investigation unfolding into the Easter Sunday bombings.<a href="#cite_note-191">[185]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perpetrators">Perpetrators</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrests">Arrests</h3></div> Police arrested eight people living in the Colombo suburb of <a href="/wiki/Dematagoda" title="Dematagoda">Dematagoda</a> on the day of the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-arrested-196">[g]</a> Five more suspected attackers and accomplices were arrested at a house during the night. Police confirmed on the day after the bombings that 24 people were arrested.<a href="#cite_note-197">[190]</a> By 23 April, the number of people arrested was 40.<a href="#cite_note-198">[191]</a> Three police officers and two civilians were killed by bombs that exploded during the capturing.<a href="#cite_note-199">[192]</a> By 24 April, 60 people had been arrested with possible links to the attacks, with 32 in custody. On 26 April, the Sri Lankan Police had more than 70 suspects held on charges of suspicion of terrorism, aiding and abetting terrorism, and conspiracy to commit terrorism. Four high-level suspects are being held by the Terrorism Investigation Department, and 33 are being held by the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)">Criminal Investigation Department</a>. Most of them are friends and family of the suspected suicide bombers.<a href="#cite_note-CNN_260419-183">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph_240419-189">[183]</a> Nine suicide bombers were involved in the attacks, and police have identified all of them.<a href="#cite_note-The_New_York_Times_240419-68">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-bombers-6">[6]</a> A suspected mastermind named Hayathu Mohamed Ahmed Milhan and four others were deported to Sri Lanka from the Middle East. Milhan was expected to become the new leader of NTJ.<a href="#cite_note-DW_140619-200">[193]</a> On 29 March 2020, the main suspect who was also the mastermind behind the Easter bombing in the Zion Church was arrested by police in Mount Lavinia during the curfew imposed to handle the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sri_Lanka" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka">COVID-19 pandemic in the country</a>.<a href="#cite_note-201">[194]</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[195]</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[196]</a> The suspect was identified as a 40 year old resident of Dehiwala/Mount Lavinia and was accused of transporting the suicide bomber to the Zion Church in Batticaloa.<a href="#cite_note-204">[197]</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[198]</a> The suspect was also accused of handling the suicide bomber who attacked the Kochikade St. Anthony Church.<a href="#cite_note-206">[199]</a> In January 2021, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> charged three Sri Lankans with supporting terrorism for their participation in the bombings.<a href="#cite_note-207">[200]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bail_controversy">Bail controversy</h4></div> Nine people were arrested on 22 April 2019 and formally charged with supplying equipment used in connection with an act of terrorism; they appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Magistrate%27s_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrate's Courts of Sri Lanka">Colombo Magistrates Court</a> on 6 May 2019. They were released on bail of two sureties of LKR500,000 each (approx. $3,000), as the court found the case against them was weak.<a href="#cite_note-dailymirror1-208">[201]</a> The police launched an investigation to determine whether Wellampitiya police had erred. On 9 May 2019, investigators found that Wellampitiya police officers had made several errors, neglecting to put several facts before the court. A police spokesman said that action would be taken against the officers responsible.<a href="#cite_note-dailymirror1-208">[201]</a> On 15 May, Wellampitiya Police officers hit back against the allegations of negligence and filed a complaint to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) alleging Colombo Magistrate Court Judge Priyantha Liyanage was being biased against the police by releasing nine of the ten suspects produced in court. A legal representative appearing on behalf of the suspects stated that the magistrate nor his client needs to wait for the police to complete its investigations for the magistrate to make a decision on the matter, the allegations made by the Wellampitiya Police officers do not have a proper basis in law. A police spokesman said an investigation had been launched into the incident, and that it appears that police may have erred by not filing the case under the <a href="/wiki/Prevention_of_Terrorism_Act_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Prevention of Terrorism Act (Sri Lanka)">Prevention of Terrorism Act</a> because the investigations were yet to be completed. He further stated that action would be taken against any personnel held responsible as soon as the report from the investigation was released.<a href="#cite_note-209">[202]</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> urged the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Government of Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan government</a> to ensure that the detained people had access to lawyers.<a href="#cite_note-210">[203]</a> All nine suspects were released by the Attorney General of Sri Lanka on 19.01.2021 for lack of evidence against the suspects for further proceedings.<a href="#cite_note-211">[204]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Thowheeth_Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</a></div> Health Minister <a href="/wiki/Rajitha_Senaratne" title="Rajitha Senaratne">Rajitha Senaratne</a> confirmed that all of the bombers were Sri Lankan citizens associated with <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</a> (NTJ), a local militant radical Islamist group, but foreign links are suspected.<a href="#cite_note-212">[205]</a> There had been no claim of responsibility before 23 April. NTJ's leadership had been condemned by several Sri Lankan Muslim organisations in 2016 for advocating extreme fundamentalist indoctrination of children and for clashes with Buddhist monks,<a href="#cite_note-213">[206]</a> and was linked in 2018 to vandalism of Buddhist statues following <a href="/wiki/2018_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka</a>.<a href="#cite_note-214">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-215">[208]</a> NTJ's leader and "bombing mastermind" Zahran Hashim from Sri Lanka, preached on a pro-ISIL Sri Lankan <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> account, known as "Al-Ghuraba" media, and on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<a href="#cite_note-216">[209]</a><a href="#cite_note-217">[210]</a><a href="#cite_note-218">[211]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jammiyathul_Millathu_Ibrahim">Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim</h3></div> During a press conference on 23 April 2019, State Defence Minister <a href="/wiki/Ruwan_Wijewardene" title="Ruwan Wijewardene">Ruwan Wijewardene</a> confirmed that a second <a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">splinter</a> group was being investigated, but declined to provide details. On 27 April 2019, President Sirisena designated Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim (the splinter group) and <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">National Thowheeth Jama'ath</a> as terrorist organisations. This enables the freezing and seizure of assets belonging to these groups.<a href="#cite_note-219">[212]</a><a href="#cite_note-Foreign_Policy_230419-220">[213]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Willayath_As_Seylani">Willayath As Seylani</h3></div> Willayath As Seylani proscribed among NTJ and JMI under Emergency regulations of 75(1).<a href="#cite_note-221">[214]</a><a href="#cite_note-222">[215]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Identities_of_the_bombers">Identities of the bombers</h3></div> Wijewardene announced that most of the suicide bombers were "well-educated and come from middle or upper-middle-class", and that they were "financially quite independent". He stated one of the bombers studied in the United Kingdom before going to Australia to complete a postgraduate degree.<a href="#cite_note-tycoon-223">[216]</a> Sri Lankan police have identified the nine suicide bombers:<a href="#cite_note-bombers-6">[6]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Native Place</th> <th>Location attacked</th> <th>Note </th></tr> <tr> <td>Alawdeen Ahmed Muad</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mattakkuliya" title="Mattakkuliya">Mattakkuliya</a></td> <td>St. Anthony's Shrine</td> <td>His brother has been arrested.<a href="#cite_note-names-224">[217]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Atchchi Muhammadu Muhammadu Hasthun</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valaichchenai" title="Valaichchenai">Valaichchenai</a></td> <td>St. Sebastian's Church</td> <td>His wife who was identified as Pulasthini Rajendran (Sarah) and wanted by CID over the attacks, was killed during a police raid at a house in Saithamaruthu on 26 April 2019. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mohamed Nassar Mohamed Asad</td> <td>Kattankudy</td> <td>Zion Church</td> <td>Married and aged 27.<a href="#cite_note-225">[218]</a> He originally targeted <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Batticaloa" title="St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa">St. Mary's Cathedral</a> but was dropped off at the Zion Church since mass service had ended when he arrived.<a href="#cite_note-226">[219]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mohamed Azam Mohamed Mubarak</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colombo_12" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombo 12">Colombo 12</a></td> <td>Kingsbury Hotel</td> <td>Member of NTJ, exploded a bomb at Kingsbury by 9:15 to 9:20 am.<a href="#cite_note-timeline-70">[67]</a> His wife has been arrested.<a href="#cite_note-names-224">[217]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mohamed Cassim Mohamed Zahran</td> <td>Kattankudy</td> <td>Shangri-La Hotel</td> <td>The founder of NTJ and the suspected ringleader of the attacks, is believed to have been one of the suicide bombers who struck the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo.<a href="#cite_note-founder-62">[59]</a> His wife and daughter were injured and his father and 2 brothers were killed whilst the police were conducting a breach and clear at a home on 26 April 2019 in Saithamaruthu. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mohamed Ibrahim Inshaf Ahamed</td> <td>Dematagoda</td> <td>Cinnamon Grand</td> <td>Aged 33, was the owner of Colossus Copper, a manufacturing facility in Wellampitiya. Investigators believe Inshaf used his factory to fabricate the suicide vests used in the attack, supplying bolts and screws that filled the devices.<a href="#cite_note-Telegraph_240419-189">[183]</a><a href="#cite_note-tycoon-223">[216]</a><a href="#cite_note-Firstpost_240419-227">[220]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto3-228">[221]</a> His father, brother and wife are currently in the custody of the CID. He is brother of Ilham. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mohamed Ibrahim Ilham Ahamed</td> <td>Dematagoda</td> <td>Shangri-La Hotel</td> <td>Aged 31, younger brother of Inshaf.<a href="#cite_note-CNN_260419-183">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-tycoon-223">[216]</a> Husband of Fathima who killed herself. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Abdul Lathif Jameel Mohammed</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gampola" title="Gampola">Gampola</a></td> <td>Tropical Inn</td> <td>Aged 36, detonated his bomb at the Tropical Inn. Mohamed had previously studied in the United Kingdom and Australia and may have been radicalized while in Australia. He had originally attempted to bomb the <a href="/wiki/Taj_Samudra" title="Taj Samudra">Taj Samudra</a> in Colombo, but his device failed to detonate.<a href="#cite_note-229">[222]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fathima Ilham</td> <td>-</td> <td>Mahawila Gardens</td> <td>Pregnant wife of Mohamed Ibrahim Ilham Ahamed. She detonated her bomb killing herself and her three sons, and three police officers, during the police raid of her home in <a href="/wiki/Dematagoda" title="Dematagoda">Dematagoda</a>.<a href="#cite_note-tycoon-223">[216]</a><a href="#cite_note-Firstpost_240419-227">[220]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto3-228">[221]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ties_to_Islamic_State">Ties to Islamic State</h3></div> The attackers are assessed to have links with the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and Levant</a>.<a href="#cite_note-autolongwar-187">[181]</a> Hashim was featured in a video released by Amaq purporting to show eight of the suicide bombers.<a href="#cite_note-auto5-169">[163]</a> One of the bombers, Abdul Latheef, had tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State.<a href="#cite_note-230">[223]</a> It was reported that he was one of the subjects of a terrorism investigation by the Australian Joint Counter Terrorism Team in 2014 after intelligence emerged linking him to an IS operative <a href="/wiki/Neil_Prakash" title="Neil Prakash">Neil Prakash</a>.<a href="#cite_note-231">[224]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a> reported that security agencies believe that Hashim might have travelled to Syria where he was trained and developed links with British ISIL members like <a href="/wiki/Jihadi_John" title="Jihadi John">Jihadi John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Junaid_Hussain" title="Junaid Hussain">Junaid Hussain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-isisreport2019-232">[225]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/Sainthamaruthu_shootout" title="Sainthamaruthu shootout">Sainthamaruthu shootout</a>, Amaq claimed those killed in the raid were men of ISIL and published a photo of Rilwan who had carried out a suicide bombing.<a href="#cite_note-loyalists-233">[226]</a> The other man in the image has been identified as Zahran.<a href="#cite_note-234">[227]</a> The Islamic State also released a video purportedly showing their leader <a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a> praising the attackers and claiming the attacks were revenge for the loss of Baghouz in Syria.<a href="#cite_note-235">[228]</a> In their initial probe, the investigators said that the attack was planned locally without any direct involvement of the Islamic State. Zahran once made his cohorts listen to a recording of a purported ISIS official making him the head of the Sri Lankan branch. The investigators believed he lied greatly to others about the extent of his contacts with the group. General <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Senanayake" title="Mahesh Senanayake">Mahesh Senanayake</a> said the attackers utilised the ideology of the Islamic State so it could get the blame.<a href="#cite_note-Pledge-63">[60]</a> Ravi Seneviratne, the DIG who leads the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)">Criminal Investigation Department</a>, testified in July that they had no evidence of the group having direct involvement. Seneviratne added that the NTJ was inspired by its ideology, but its members had convinced the group through Indonesian intermediaries to take responsibility two days after the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-Ravi-38">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trial">Trial</h3></div> The trial of the 25 men accused of masterminding the bombings began in November 2021. The men face over 23,000 charges, including <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_to_murder" title="Conspiracy to murder">conspiracy to murder</a>, aiding and abetting the attacks, and collecting arms and ammunition.<a href="#cite_note-236">[229]</a> In January 2022, the trial was adjourned until March.<a href="#cite_note-237">[230]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">needs update</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political">Political</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 Sri Lankan presidential election</a></div> The <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)">Inspector General of Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pujith_Jayasundara" title="Pujith Jayasundara">Pujith Jayasundara</a>, came under heavy criticism following the bombings, with the <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> urging that he resign for failing to prevent the bombings.<a href="#cite_note-238">[231]</a> Later, former presidential candidate Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a> claimed it was unfair to blame the IGP and that it was a conflict between the functioning of military intelligence and criminal investigators, and called for better intelligence mechanisms and security clearances to be streamlined.<a href="#cite_note-239">[232]</a> In a speech delivered in parliament, former president and then-opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> slammed the government for weakening the intelligence services over the years. He stated that in January 2015, he handed over a secure and peaceful country with a strong national security apparatus. He claimed the present government is squarely responsible for the 2019 Easter bombings, stating that on an important occasion such as Easter, representatives of the government usually attend Mass; on this occasion, no representatives were present in or near churches. He blamed the government for diluting the powers of the national security apparatus and claimed this terrorist attack would never have occurred under his administration. Additionally, the government was preparing to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Prevention_of_Terrorism_Act_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Prevention of Terrorism Act (Sri Lanka)">Prevention of Terrorism Act</a>; he questioned what kind of position the government would have been in to respond to the incident had they been successful in having the Act repealed.<a href="#cite_note-240">[233]</a> On 24 April 2019, President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Sirisena</a> promised major changes to the leadership of the security forces within the next 24 hours and pledged a "complete restructure" of the police and national security forces in the coming weeks. These changes come amidst allegations that a rift between the President and Prime Minister contributed to the failure to effectively respond to threats that undermine national security. The incident also caused a major setback for the government and for other political parties just before the <a href="/wiki/2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2019 Sri Lankan presidential election">2019 Sri Lankan presidential election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-241">[234]</a> Cabinet Spokesman <a href="/wiki/Rajitha_Senaratne" title="Rajitha Senaratne">Rajitha Senaratne</a> initially attempted to implicate <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a> for the bombings, claiming that Abdul Razilk was a suicide bomber and the secretary of the NTJ that received funding from intelligence agencies during the Rajapaksa government. Razik however is the general secretary of the Ceylon Thowheed Jama’ath (CTJ), one of the splinter groups from Sri Lanka Thawheed Jama’ath (SLTJ) of which he was the former general secretary and is neither a member of the NTJ nor a suicide bomber. Razik challenged Rajitha to provide evidence for the allegations.<a href="#cite_note-242">[235]</a><a href="#cite_note-243">[236]</a> Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe later apologised for failing to stop the attacks, issuing a statement on Twitter saying "We take collective responsibility and apologise to our fellow citizens for our failure to protect victims of these tragic events. We pledge to rebuild our churches, revive our economy, and take all measures to prevent terrorism, with the support of the international community."<a href="#cite_note-244">[237]</a> President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> attempted to connect International drug syndicates to the bombings to justify his campaign to implement the death penalty to drug dealers, but Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> disputed the president's claims.<a href="#cite_note-245">[238]</a><a href="#cite_note-246">[239]</a><a href="#cite_note-247">[240]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election">2019 Sri Lankan presidential election</h4></div> In November 2019, <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a>, who campaigned on stronger security measures to prevent a re-occurrence of the Easter bombings, was elected president.<a href="#cite_note-248">[241]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Resignations">Resignations</h4></div> <dl><dt>Defence Secretary</dt></dl> On 23 April, President Sirisena announced plans to change the heads of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Armed_Forces" title="Sri Lanka Armed Forces">defence forces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Reuters_230419-58">[55]</a> On 25 April, <a href="/wiki/Hemasiri_Fernando" title="Hemasiri Fernando">Hemasiri Fernando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka)#Permanent_Secretaries" title="Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)">Secretary of the Ministry of Defence</a> tendered his resignation to the President after it was announced that President Sirisena had requested the Defence Secretary and the Inspector General of Police resign.<a href="#cite_note-249">[242]</a> Retired <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Shantha_Kottegoda" title="Shantha Kottegoda">Shantha Kottegoda</a> was appointed to succeed Fernando as Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, while retired IGP <a href="/wiki/N._K._Illangakoon" class="mw-redirect" title="N. K. Illangakoon">N. K. Illangakoon</a> was appointed adviser to the Ministry of Defence. <dl><dt>Inspector General of Police</dt></dl> Although President Sirisena announced on 25 April that the <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of Police">Inspector General of Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pujith_Jayasundara" title="Pujith Jayasundara">Pujith Jayasundara</a> would be resigning, Jayasundara made no public comment. On 29 April, the IGP was sent on compulsory leave after no response was received to President Sirisena's request for his resignation. The President lacks jurisdiction to dismiss the IGP, as he was appointed by a decision by the Constitutional Council and can only be removed by a motion passed in Parliament pursuant to the Public Officers (Procedure) Act, which requires the precise circumstances of the charges and/or allegations against him to be detailed and presented. The Police Commission still maintains jurisdiction to overturn the decision to send the IGP on compulsory leave.<a href="#cite_note-250">[243]</a> The same day, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police <a href="/wiki/C._D._Wickramaratne" title="C. D. Wickramaratne">C. D. Wickramaratne</a> was appointed as the Acting Inspector General of Police<a href="#cite_note-251">[244]</a> and <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Shantha_Kottegoda" title="Shantha Kottegoda">Shantha Kottegoda</a> was appointed Defence Secretary.<a href="#cite_note-252">[245]</a> On 13 May, the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka)">Constitutional Council</a> endorsed the appointment of C. D. Wickramaratne as Acting IGP. This is considered final and conclusive for all purposes, as neither the National Police Commission or the Supreme Court have jurisdictional oversight to reverse this decision.<a href="#cite_note-253">[246]</a> Pujith Jayasundara has since challenged his compulsory leave with a petition to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court</a>.<a href="#cite_note-254">[247]</a> On 2 July, the former police chief along with the former defence official were arrested according to the order by the President and the current Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Dappula_de_Livera" title="Dappula de Livera">Dappula de Livera</a> over the alleged security lapses which lead to the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-255">[248]</a> They were arrested while being hospitalised and are charged for the crimes against humanity.<a href="#cite_note-256">[249]</a> <dl><dt>Ministers and provincial governors</dt></dl> Following calls for the resignation of Minister of Industry and Commerce, <a href="/wiki/Rishad_Bathiudeen" title="Rishad Bathiudeen">Rishad Bathiudeen</a> and Provençal Governors <a href="/wiki/Azath_Salley" title="Azath Salley">Azath Salley</a> and <a href="/wiki/M._L._A._M._Hizbullah" title="M. L. A. M. Hizbullah">M. L. A. M. Hizbullah</a>; including a fast carried-out by Member of Parliament, <a href="/wiki/Venerable" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable">Venerable</a> <a href="/wiki/Athuraliye_Rathana_Thero" title="Athuraliye Rathana Thero">Athuraliye Rathana Thero</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Western_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Western Province">Governor of Western Province</a> Azath Salley and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Eastern Province">Governor of Eastern Province</a> M. L. A. M. Hizbullah tendered their resignations to President Sirisena, who had appointed both in January 2019, on June 3.<a href="#cite_note-257">[250]</a> This was followed the same day by an announcement by <a href="/wiki/Rauff_Hakeem" title="Rauff Hakeem">Rauff Hakeem</a>, Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">Sri Lanka Muslim Congress</a> stating that all Muslim Ministers would resign from their portfolios "to facilitate investigations to be conducted in a free and fair manner".<a href="#cite_note-:2-258">[251]</a> Hakeem also called on the government to end the "hate culture" that had developed in the wake of the attacks, saying: "Innocent people should not be punished. Innocent Muslims are now victims". He added: "We have suffered immensely. We have suffered severe harassment. There are several who are languishing in remands for minor trivial issues."<a href="#cite_note-259">[252]</a> The resignations included cabinet ministers <a href="/wiki/Kabir_Hashim" title="Kabir Hashim">Kabir Hashim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rauff_Hakeem" title="Rauff Hakeem">Rauff Hakeem</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=M.H.A._Haleem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M.H.A. Haleem (page does not exist)">M.H.A. Haleem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rishad_Bathiudeen" title="Rishad Bathiudeen">Rishad Bathiudeen</a>; state ministers <a href="/w/index.php?title=Faizal_Cassim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Faizal Cassim (page does not exist)">Faizal Cassim</a>, <a href="/wiki/H._M._M._Harees" title="H. M. M. Harees">H. M. M. Harees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ameer_Ali_Shihabdeen" title="Ameer Ali Shihabdeen">Ameer Ali Shihabdeen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seyed_Ali_Zahir_Moulana" title="Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana">Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana</a> and Deputy Minister <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdullah_Mahrooff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdullah Mahrooff (page does not exist)">Abdullah Mahrooff</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-258">[251]</a> On 4 June, former <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Colombo" title="Mayor of Colombo">Mayor of Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._J._M._Muzammil" title="A. J. M. Muzammil">A. J. M. Muzammil</a> was appointed Governor of Western Province by President Sirisena, succeeding Salley.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <dl><dt>Chief of National Intelligence</dt></dl> <a href="/wiki/Sisira_Mendis" title="Sisira Mendis">Sisira Mendis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_National_Intelligence" title="Chief of National Intelligence">Chief of National Intelligence</a> (CNI) resigned citing health reasons, on 8 June 2019, days after giving testimony that the Parliamentary Select Committee to inquire into the Easter bombings which had outraged President Sirisena.<a href="#cite_note-260">[253]</a> He was succeeded by Major General <a href="/wiki/Jeewaka_Ruwan_Kulatunga" title="Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga">Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga</a> as CNI. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic">Economic</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%93present_Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis">2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Tourism in Sri Lanka">Tourism in Sri Lanka</a> is the country's third largest foreign exchange earner and employs around 135,000 to 150,000 in the hotel industry. The industry had expected 3 million tourist arrivals and revenue of $5 billion in 2019. Due to the attack on tourists, The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka estimated a loss of $1.5 billion in tourism earnings for the year.<a href="#cite_note-ft_250419-261">[254]</a> The government's plan to grant visa-on-arrival to visitors from 39 countries has been suspended due to the current security situation.<a href="#cite_note-262">[255]</a> In early June, in a leaked confidential assessment of the economic damage by the Easter Sunday attacks, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Central Bank of Sri Lanka">Central Bank of Sri Lanka</a> claimed that the loss of government revenue from indirect tax such as <a href="/wiki/VAT" class="mw-redirect" title="VAT">VAT</a> was approximately Rupees 26 billion for the year. It cited a major impact on the country's trade deficit of the balance of payments, which would be affected badly due to the negative impact on tourism. It stated further that many foreign direct investments have been postponed.<a href="#cite_note-263">[256]</a> Despite the downfall in number of foreign tourist arrivals following the Easter Sunday attacks, <a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a> continued to hail the island as a "top destination for 2019".<a href="#cite_note-264">[257]</a><a href="#cite_note-265">[258]</a> The Sri Lankan hotel sector was engaged in rebuilding process and strived to recover afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-266">[259]</a><a href="#cite_note-267">[260]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social">Social</h3></div> Government Minister <a href="/wiki/Patali_Champika_Ranawaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Patali Champika Ranawaka">Patali Champika Ranawaka</a> called for the <a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Campus" title="Batticaloa Campus">Batticaloa Campus</a> and Islamic study centres in Beruwala, Maharagama, Trincomalee and Addalachchenai to be brought under the control and supervision of the <a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(Sri_Lanka)" title="University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)">University Grants Commission</a> and the Education Ministry.<a href="#cite_note-268">[261]</a> On 27 April 2019, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Cricket" title="Sri Lanka Cricket">Sri Lanka Cricket</a> called off an under-19 tour of the country by the Pakistan cricket team, scheduled to take place in May, saying "we didn't want to take any chances".<a href="#cite_note-269">[262]</a> In the wake of the attacks, thousands of Sri Lankans bought <a href="/wiki/Terrorism_insurance" title="Terrorism insurance">terrorism insurance</a>.<a href="#cite_note-270">[263]</a> Islamic channel <a href="/wiki/Peace_TV" title="Peace TV">Peace TV</a>, which is run by preacher and televangelist <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Naik" title="Zakir Naik">Zakir Naik</a>, was officially banned in the country by the main satellite cable operators <a href="/wiki/Dialog_TV" title="Dialog TV">Dialog TV</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=PEO_TV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PEO TV (page does not exist)">PEO TV</a> and Lanka Broadband Network following the attacks even before the governmental intervention.<a href="#cite_note-271">[264]</a><a href="#cite_note-272">[265]</a> Two hundred Muslim clerics were expelled from the country.<a href="#cite_note-273">[266]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative">Legislative</h3></div> Following the attack, calls have been made to introduce legislation to prevent the possible future occurrence of such attacks. The government called for the swift enactment of the proposed Counter Terrorism Act, replacing the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regulation_of_Madrasas">Regulation of Madrasas</h4></div> The Ministry for Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs has proposed the Madrasa Education Regulatory Act to establish a Board under the Ministry for "regulation, registration, supervision, control and development of education within <a href="/wiki/Madrasa" title="Madrasa">Madrasas</a> in Sri Lanka"<a href="#cite_note-274">[267]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sharia_law">Sharia law</h4></div> Minister of Home Affairs <a href="/wiki/Vajira_Abeywardena" title="Vajira Abeywardena">Vajira Abeywardena</a> stated that legislation introduced between 2010 and 2015 has "given effect to aspects of Sharia law or Islamic law" with non-governmental organisations registering under these. He stated that these parliamentary acts will be reviewed.<a href="#cite_note-275">[268]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_signage">Public signage</h4></div> The government has stated that the Ministry of Home Affairs will issue a circular calling for the removal of all signage displayed in the Arabic language. This follows a statement by the Prime Minister which stated that all street name boards in the island should only be in <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhalese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>.<a href="#cite_note-276">[269]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Minimum_age_of_marriage">Minimum age of marriage</h4></div> The Prime Minister has stated that the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act will be amended to include a minimum age of marriage of 18 years to the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_law_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Muslim law in Sri Lanka">traditional Muslim law</a>, which had been criticised for lacking a minimum age of marriage, resulting in underage marriages.<a href="#cite_note-277">[270]</a><a href="#cite_note-278">[271]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Association_football">Association football</h4></div> The <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_first_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round">2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign</a> 2nd leg clash between <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_football_team" title="Sri Lanka national football team">Sri Lanka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macau_national_football_team" title="Macau national football team">Macau</a> was unable to take part as the Macanese squad refused to travel to Sri Lanka amidst the concern after the Easter bombings.<a href="#cite_note-279">[272]</a> <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> subsequently declared the match forfeited, and awarded a 3–0 win to Sri Lanka, thus qualifying the team for the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round">second round</a>.<a href="#cite_note-280">[273]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_responses">Domestic responses</h3></div> Leaders of the country condemned the attacks: President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> said "I have given instructions to take very stern action against the persons who are responsible for this conspiracy";<a href="#cite_note-281">[274]</a> the Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> said "I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today";<a href="#cite_note-282">[275]</a> <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Opposition Leader</a> and former President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> called the attacks "absolutely barbaric" and said that the nation will stand united as one against "acts of terrorism";<a href="#cite_note-283">[276]</a> and Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Samaraweera" title="Mangala Samaraweera">Mangala Samaraweera</a> described the attacks as a "well co-ordinated attempt to create murder, mayhem and anarchy".<a href="#cite_note-bbc-21apr2019-21">[20]</a> The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ranjith" title="Malcolm Ranjith">Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith</a>, said "It's a very very sad day for all of us. I wish therefore to express my deepest sorrow and sympathy [...] I condemn to the utmost of my capacity this act that has caused so much death and suffering to the people."<a href="#cite_note-284">[277]</a> Following the attack, the Archbishop's House in Colombo cancelled all Catholic <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> services planned for the evening of Easter Sunday.<a href="#cite_note-285">[278]</a> The cardinal lauded the fact that in the aftermath of the attacks, relations with Muslims were not strained. "Some of the people who helped us in this situation, who helped these families, were Muslims. They gave us a lot of money. They came and cried with us. And in fact, they and we feel that the people of religion are being pitted one against the other in order to gain political advantage. So, we have to be very clear about identifying who is behind this whole attempt and avoid falling into the trap of inter-religious violence."<a href="#cite_note-286">[279]</a> On 28 April 2019 a public litigation activist, <a href="/wiki/Nagananda_Kodituwakku" title="Nagananda Kodituwakku">Nagananda Kodituwakku</a>, stated that the negligence leading to the attack is in violation of the <a href="/wiki/Penal_Code_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Penal Code of Sri Lanka">Penal Code</a> and the Criminal Procedure Code and has filed a <a href="/wiki/Fundamental_rights" title="Fundamental rights">Fundamental Rights petition</a> directing the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_general" title="Attorney general">Attorney General</a> to institute criminal action against the country's senior political, civil and security officials, including President <a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Sirisena" title="Maithripala Sirisena">Maithripala Sirisena</a> and former president and MP <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapakse</a>, for their alleged negligence over the Easter Sunday bombings.<a href="#cite_note-287">[280]</a><a href="#cite_note-288">[281]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_responses">International responses</h3></div> Numerous world leaders expressed condolences and condemnation.<a href="#cite_note-333">[h]</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">President of the European Parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Tajani" title="Antonio Tajani">Antonio Tajani</a> referred to the bombings as an act of <a href="/wiki/Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Tajani_Tweet-334">[326]</a><a href="#cite_note-335">[327]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg/220px-Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg/330px-Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg/440px-Finlandia_Hall_illuminated_2019-04-23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2298" data-file-height="1723" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Finlandia_Hall" title="Finlandia Hall">Finlandia Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a> illuminated in the colours of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan flag">Sri Lankan flag</a> to express solidarity</figcaption></figure> After the bombings, numerous buildings around the world were illuminated in Sri Lanka's colours, some of which included the <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Street_railway_station" title="Flinders Street railway station">Flinders Street railway station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>,<a href="#cite_note-336">[328]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House" title="Sydney Opera House">Opera House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>,<a href="#cite_note-337">[329]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Bridge,_Brisbane" title="Victoria Bridge, Brisbane">Victoria Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>,<a href="#cite_note-338">[330]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Finlandia_Hall" title="Finlandia Hall">Finlandia Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>,<a href="#cite_note-339">[331]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Spire_Bridge" title="Northern Spire Bridge">Northern Spire Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penshaw_Monument" title="Penshaw Monument">Penshaw Monument</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a>,<a href="#cite_note-340">[332]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Burj_Khalifa" title="Burj Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>,<a href="#cite_note-341">[333]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Emirates_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirates Palace">Emirates Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/ADNOC_Headquarters" title="ADNOC Headquarters">ADNOC Headquarters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Gate" title="Capital Gate">Capital Gate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marina_Mall,_Abu_Dhabi" title="Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi">Marina Mall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>,<a href="#cite_note-342">[334]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_City_Hall" title="Tel Aviv City Hall">City Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>,<a href="#cite_note-343">[335]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol" title="Pennsylvania State Capitol">Pennsylvania State Capitol</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrisburg">Harrisburg</a>,<a href="#cite_note-344">[336]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sky_Tower_(Auckland)" title="Sky Tower (Auckland)">Sky Tower</a> in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-345">[337]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel Tower</a> in Paris went dark as a memorial for the victims of the bombings.<a href="#cite_note-346">[338]</a> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> paused for a moment of silence before the opening bell on the day after the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-Insider-347">[339]</a> <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid C.F.</a> also had a moment of silence before the <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a> match on the night of the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-Insider-347">[339]</a> Candlelight vigils were held and flags were also flown at half-mast around the world including in Pakistan, Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-Insider-347">[339]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_leaders">Religious leaders</h3></div> Representatives and leaders of the main world religions responded with prayers and support for the victims.<a href="#cite_note-:0-348">[340]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> pledged his closeness and solidarity after the attacks during his <a href="/wiki/Urbi_et_Orbi" title="Urbi et Orbi">Urbi et Orbi</a> address in <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Square" title="St. Peter's Square">St. Peter's Square</a>.<a href="#cite_note-VaticanNewsWatkins2019-300">[293]</a> The following day, he urged the international community to help Sri Lanka, and called on them to condemn terrorist acts.<a href="#cite_note-VaticanNewsGomes2019-349">[341]</a> In 2022, following a visit by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and a delegation of survivors and families of victims to Rome, Pope Francis asked the Sri Lankan government to do its best to find those responsible for the bombings: "Please and for the sake of justice, for the sake of your people, that it be made clear once and for all who was responsible".<a href="#cite_note-350">[342]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a>, a 57-member state international body, strongly condemned the terrorist acts, and called for international solidarity in the fight against terrorism.<a href="#cite_note-351">[343]</a> Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Charles_Maung_Bo" title="Charles Maung Bo">Charles Maung Bo</a> of Myanmar, the President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference (FABC) and Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Gracias" title="Oswald Gracias">Oswald Gracias</a> of India, the President of Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) also condemned the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-VaticanNewsGomes2019-349">[341]</a> The <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical">ecumenical</a> body representing several major Christian traditions, expressed sentiments of solidarity with the Christians of Sri Lanka.<a href="#cite_note-Adams2019-352">[344]</a> Condolences for those affected and condemnations of the attacks were variously offered by the leaders of <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a>,<a href="#cite_note-353">[345]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Latter-day Saint</a>,<a href="#cite_note-354">[346]</a> <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a>,<a href="#cite_note-355">[347]</a> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a>,<a href="#cite_note-356">[348]</a><a href="#cite_note-357">[349]</a> <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical</a>,<a href="#cite_note-358">[350]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Reformed</a> churches,<a href="#cite_note-359">[351]</a> as well as Muslim<a href="#cite_note-360">[352]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> congregations.<a href="#cite_note-:0-348">[340]</a> <a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Jamiyyathul_Ulama" title="All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama">All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama</a>, a council of Muslim theologians, sent condolences.<a href="#cite_note-:1-361">[353]</a> Several theologians met with <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ranjith" title="Malcolm Ranjith">Malcolm Ranjith</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Colombo" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo">Archbishop of Colombo</a>, following the attacks. The National Shoora Council, composed of eighteen Muslim organisations, also expressed condolences.<a href="#cite_note-:1-361">[353]</a> World Sunni Movement, Bangladesh condemned and protested against the deadly terrorist attack.<a href="#cite_note-362">[354]</a> On 28 May 2019, a mosque belonging to the NTJ was intentionally destroyed by the Muslim civilians in the <a href="/wiki/Kekirawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kekirawa">Kekirawa</a> community, which included the chief of a neighbouring mosque. The structure was purportedly built using foreign funds.<a href="#cite_note-363">[355]</a><a href="#cite_note-364">[356]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Allegations_of_government_complicity">Allegations of government complicity</h2></div> Several high-ranking Sri Lankan government officials have alleged that there had been a <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy" title="Conspiracy">conspiracy</a> behind the attacks, with some implicating the Sri Lankan intelligence agencies in collusion with the perpetrators and the government in cover-up.<a href="#cite_note-365">[357]</a> Cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne alleged that it was the then Defence Secretary <a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a> who supported organizations like the NTJ and that four Army officers linked to Gotabaya Rajapaksa were involved in directing the murder of two police officers by the NTJ in Batticaloa in 2018.<a href="#cite_note-366">[358]</a> Kurunegala District UNP MP Thushara Indunil alleged that as the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa had nurtured the NTJ by supporting the setting up of its head office in Colombo.<a href="#cite_note-367">[359]</a> In a Fundamental Rights petition to the Supreme Court in 2022, the former director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) <a href="/wiki/Shani_Abeysekara" title="Shani Abeysekara">Shani Abeysekara</a> alleged that State Intelligence Service (SIS) and Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) falsely framed two ex-<a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a> cadres for the <a href="/wiki/National_Thowheeth_Jama%27ath#Shooting_police_officers_in_Vavunathivu" title="National Thowheeth Jama'ath">murder of two police officers</a> by the NTJ in Batticaloa in 2018 in order to protect the real assailants. He further stated that these intelligence agencies blocked investigations involving the NTJ members and instructed him not to proceed with the interrogation of a SIS officer who had direct contact with the NTJ as it was "a part of covert operation which is directly connected to the national security."<a href="#cite_note-368">[360]</a><a href="#cite_note-369">[361]</a><a href="#cite_note-370">[362]</a> Under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Abeysekara was demoted and transferred, arrested on false charges and was denied proper medical care in prison. Abeysekara had been overseeing investigations into a number of emblematic human rights cases in which Gotabaya Rajapaksa and members of his government were implicated.<a href="#cite_note-371">[363]</a><a href="#cite_note-372">[364]</a> <a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">SJB</a> MP Harin Fernando claimed that several CID officers involved in the investigations into the attacks were transferred to other departments only because they were about to make breakthroughs in the probe.<a href="#cite_note-373">[365]</a> The former chief of the CID at the time of the bombings, Senior <a href="/wiki/Deputy_inspector_general_of_police" title="Deputy inspector general of police">DIG</a> Ravi Seneviratne, has echoed Abeysekara's allegations.<a href="#cite_note-374">[366]</a> Seneviratne further stated that his team was removed from the case immediately after Gotabaya Rajapaksa came to power and that travel ban was imposed on more than 700 CID officers in a bid to intimidate investigators.<a href="#cite_note-375">[367]</a> Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ranjith" title="Malcolm Ranjith">Malcolm Ranjith</a>, the head of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church, alleged that the massacre wasn't purely the work of a few Islamic extremists but was part of a grand political plot and that the attacks were conducted intentionally to win votes. He further alleged that the culprits are still engaged in their political activities, hold positions in the police and that the government has been covering up the investigations in order to protect the real culprits. Expressing dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation and alleging intimidation of those who clamour for justice, the cardinal called on the UN to investigate the bombings.<a href="#cite_note-383">[i]</a> Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera, a prominent Buddhist monk, alleged that "selfish politicians directed the blind rage of religious extremists to achieve political ends," and appealed to all religious leaders to support the struggle for justice led by the Cardinal, stating that justice should be sought in the <a href="/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" title="International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> if it's not found domestically.<a href="#cite_note-384">[375]</a><a href="#cite_note-385">[376]</a> In March 2024, spokesman of the Catholic Church Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando claimed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the mastermind behind the bombings and the subsequent cover-up.<a href="#cite_note-386">[377]</a> In a <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> <a href="/wiki/Dispatches_(TV_programme)" title="Dispatches (TV programme)">Dispatches</a> programme about the bombings aired on 5 September 2023, highly placed whistleblowers alleged that <a href="/w/index.php?title=Suresh_Sallay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suresh Sallay (page does not exist)">Suresh Sallay</a>, the current Director of the State Intelligence Service and a Rajapaksa loyalist, was complicit in the bombings to bring Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power. Hanzeer Azad Maulana, a former aide to the Rajapaksa loyalist <a href="/wiki/Pillayan" title="Pillayan">Pillayan</a>, alleged that he had facilitated the meeting between Sallay and the NTJ bombers in 2018. Sallay has denied the allegations.<a href="#cite_note-387">[378]</a> According to a poll conducted by the Syndicated Surveys in October 2023, 53% of Sri Lankans believe that local political forces were involved in the attacks.<a href="#cite_note-388">[379]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">1971 JVP insurrection</a>, an armed revolt in Sri Lanka following the disbanding of the state intelligence agency.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_April_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="List of terrorist incidents in April 2019">List of terrorist incidents in April 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of massacres in Sri Lanka">List of massacres in Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Lanka_Flight_512" title="Air Lanka Flight 512">Air Lanka Flight 512</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_ISIL_attacks">Similar ISIL attacks</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jolo_Cathedral_bombings" title="2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings">2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Quetta_church_attack" title="2017 Quetta church attack">2017 Quetta church attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Dhaka_attack" title="July 2016 Dhaka attack">July 2016 Dhaka attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday_church_bombings" title="Palm Sunday church bombings">Palm Sunday church bombings</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-cnn-21apr2019-18">[18]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-hotels-25"><a href="#cite_ref-hotels_25-0">^</a> See<a href="#cite_note-bbc-21apr2019-21">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-multiple_blasts-22">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20apr2019-23">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-TropicalIndy-24">[23]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-christchurch-32"><a href="#cite_ref-christchurch_32-0">^</a> See<a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive-28">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive2-29">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive3-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-AboutMotive4-31">[29]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-closed-85"><a href="#cite_ref-closed_85-0">^</a> See<a href="#cite_note-81">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[81]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> One of whom a dual Swiss-Dutch citizen and another a dual Dutch-Sri Lankan citizen </li> <li id="cite_note-kalmunai-129"><a href="#cite_ref-kalmunai_129-0">^</a> See<a href="#cite_note-124">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[123]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-arrested-196"><a href="#cite_ref-arrested_196-0">^</a> See<a href="#cite_note-multiple_blasts-22">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-59">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-192">[186]</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-194">[188]</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[189]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-333"><a href="#cite_ref-333">^</a> World leaders giving condolences included those of Afghanistan,<a href="#cite_note-289">[282]</a> Australia,<a href="#cite_note-290">[283]</a> Bangladesh,<a href="#cite_note-291">[284]</a> Brazil,<a href="#cite_note-292">[285]</a> Brunei,<a href="#cite_note-293">[286]</a> Bulgaria,<a href="#cite_note-294">[287]</a> Cambodia,<a href="#cite_note-295">[288]</a> Canada,<a 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href="#cite_note-316">[309]</a> Poland,<a href="#cite_note-317">[310]</a> Portugal,<a href="#cite_note-318">[311]</a> Romania,<a href="#cite_note-319">[312]</a> Russia,<a href="#cite_note-320">[313]</a> Saudi Arabia,<a href="#cite_note-321">[314]</a> Serbia,<a href="#cite_note-322">[315]</a> Singapore,<a href="#cite_note-323">[316]</a> Slovakia,<a href="#cite_note-324">[317]</a> South Korea,<a href="#cite_note-325">[318]</a> Thailand,<a href="#cite_note-326">[319]</a> the United Arab Emirates,<a href="#cite_note-327">[320]</a> the United Kingdom,<a href="#cite_note-328">[321]</a> the United States,<a href="#cite_note-329">[322]</a> Venezuela,<a href="#cite_note-330">[323]</a><a href="#cite_note-331">[324]</a> and Vietnam.<a href="#cite_note-332">[325]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-383"><a href="#cite_ref-383">^</a> <a href="#cite_note-376">[368]</a><a href="#cite_note-377">[369]</a><a href="#cite_note-378">[370]</a><a href="#cite_note-379">[371]</a><a href="#cite_note-380">[372]</a><a 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Retrieved 21 April 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Khaleej+Times&rft.atitle=UAE+denounces+terrorist+attacks+in+Sri+Lanka&rft.date=2019-04-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaleejtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fgovernment%2Fuae-denounces-terrorist-attacks-in-sri-lanka&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2019+Sri+Lanka+Easter+bombings" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-328"><a href="#cite_ref-328">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTheresa_May2019" class="citation web cs1">Theresa May [@theresa_may] (21 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/theresa_may/status/1119881548373868544">"The acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling, and my deepest sympathies go out to all of those affected at this tragic time. We must stand together to make sure that no one should ever have to practise their faith in fear"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+acts+of+violence+against+churches+and+hotels+in+Sri+Lanka+are+truly+appalling%2C+and+my+deepest+sympathies+go+out+to+all+of+those+affected+at+this+tragic+time.+We+must+stand+together+to+make+sure+that+no+one+should+ever+have+to+practise+their+faith+in+fear.&rft.date=2019-04-21&rft.au=Theresa+May&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ftheresa_may%2Fstatus%2F1119881548373868544&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2019+Sri+Lanka+Easter+bombings" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-329"><a href="#cite_ref-329">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.voanews.com/a/reaction-to-sri-lanka-attacks-/4884863.html">"World Leaders React to Sri Lanka Explosions"</a>. voanews.com. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=voanews.com&rft.atitle=World+Leaders+React+to+Sri+Lanka+Explosions&rft.date=2019-04-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fa%2Freaction-to-sri-lanka-attacks-%2F4884863.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2019+Sri+Lanka+Easter+bombings" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-330"><a href="#cite_ref-330">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM2019" class="citation web cs1">M, Jorge Arreaza (21 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/jaarreaza/status/1120076222518706176">"El gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro expresa su profunda condena a los ataques terroristas ocurridos en la República Democrática Socialista de Sri Lanka. Venezuela repudia el terrorismo en cualquiera de sus formas y expresa sus más sentidas condolencias/gGb0bmoDn7"</a>. Retrieved 24 April 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=El+gobierno+del+presidente+Nicol%C3%A1s+Maduro+expresa+su+profunda+condena+a+los+ataques+terroristas+ocurridos+en+la+Rep%C3%BAblica+Democr%C3%A1tica+Socialista+de+Sri+Lanka.+Venezuela+repudia+el+terrorismo+en+cualquiera+de+sus+formas+y+expresa+sus+m%C3%A1s+sentidas+condolencias%2FgGb0bmoDn7&rft.date=2019-04-21&rft.aulast=M&rft.aufirst=Jorge+Arreaza&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fjaarreaza%2Fstatus%2F1120076222518706176&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2019+Sri+Lanka+Easter+bombings" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-331"><a href="#cite_ref-331">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuaidó2019" class="citation web cs1">Guaidó, Juan (21 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/jguaido/status/1120052877282742272">"Desde Venezuela lamentamos los despreciables hechos terroristas ocurridos en Sri Lanka que dejaron innumerables víctimas inocentes. Expresamos nuestras más sentidas palabras de condolencia y reivindicamos el derecho de todo ser humano a profesar libremente su religión"</a>. Retrieved 24 April 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Desde+Venezuela+lamentamos+los+despreciables+hechos+terroristas+ocurridos+en+Sri+Lanka+que+dejaron+innumerables+v%C3%ADctimas+inocentes.+Expresamos+nuestras+m%C3%A1s+sentidas+palabras+de+condolencia+y+reivindicamos+el+derecho+de+todo+ser+humano+a+profesar+libremente+su+religi%C3%B3n.&rft.date=2019-04-21&rft.aulast=Guaid%C3%B3&rft.aufirst=Juan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fjguaido%2Fstatus%2F1120052877282742272&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2019+Sri+Lanka+Easter+bombings" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-332"><a href="#cite_ref-332">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThanh_NamHuyen_Huong2019" class="citation web cs1">Thanh Nam; Huyen Huong (22 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sggpnews.org.vn/national/vietnamese-leaders-send-condolences-after-bomb-attacks-in-sri-lanka-81467.html">"Vietnamese leaders send condolences after bomb attacks in Sri Lanka"</a>. <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A0i_G%C3%B2n_Gi%E1%BA%A3i_Ph%C3%B3ng" title="Sài Gòn Giải Phóng">Sài Gòn Giải Phóng</a>. 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The attacks in #SriLanka churches testify to a real genocide perpetrated against Christians. Let us pray for the innocent victims and work towards religious freedom around the world"</a>. Twitter. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/1119871493637324800">the original</a> on 29 April 2019. 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hafs_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi" title="Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hudhayfah_Al-Ansari" title="Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari">Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qadir_Mumin" title="Abdul Qadir Mumin">Abdul Qadir Mumin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Fatima_al-Jaheishi" title="Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi">Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yusaf" title="Abu Yusaf">Abu Yusaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Baraa_el-Azdi" title="Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi">Abu al-Baraa el-Azdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Habib_al-Libi" title="Abu Habib al-Libi">Abu Habib al-Libi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Jandal_al-Masri" title="Abu Jandal al-Masri">Abu Jandal al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulfi_Hoxha" title="Zulfi Hoxha">Zulfi Hoxha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajro_Ikanovi%C4%87" title="Bajro Ikanović">Bajro Ikanović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faysal_Ahmad_Ali_al-Zahrani" title="Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani">Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatiha_Mejjati" title="Fatiha Mejjati">Fatiha Mejjati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahlam_al-Nasr" title="Ahlam al-Nasr">Ahlam al-Nasr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Issam_Abuanza" title="Issam Abuanza">Issam Abuanza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Baluku" title="Musa Baluku">Musa Baluku</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">†</a> Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ibrahim_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi" title="Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Hasan_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi" title="Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Hussein_al-Husseini_al-Qurashi" title="Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi">Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ahmad_al-Alwani" title="Abu Ahmad al-Alwani">Abu Ahmad al-Alwani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Bakr" title="Haji Bakr">Haji Bakr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Usamah_al-Maghrebi" title="Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi">Abu Usamah al-Maghrebi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Abdulrahman_al-Bilawi" title="Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi">Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhannad_al-Suwaydawi" title="Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi">Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Rauf_Aliza" title="Abdul Rauf Aliza">Abdul Rauf Aliza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf_(Islamic_State_leader)" title="Abu Sayyaf (Islamic State leader)">Abu Sayyaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Awni_al-Harzi" title="Ali Awni al-Harzi">Ali Awni al-Harzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tariq_al-Harzi" title="Tariq al-Harzi">Tariq al-Harzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Khattab_al-Tunisi" title="Abu Khattab al-Tunisi">Abu Khattab al-Tunisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maher_Meshaal" title="Maher Meshaal">Maher Meshaal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muslim_al-Turkmani" title="Abu Muslim al-Turkmani">Abu Muslim al-Turkmani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Saleh" title="Abu Saleh">Abu Saleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jihadi_John" title="Jihadi John">Mohammed Emwazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Nabil_al-Anbari" title="Abu Nabil al-Anbari">Abu Nabil al-Anbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ali_al-Anbari" title="Abu Ali al-Anbari">Abu Ali al-Anbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Waheeb" title="Abu Waheeb">Abu Waheeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Aswad_al-Jiburi" title="Ali Aswad al-Jiburi">Ali Aswad al-Jiburi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Omar_al-Shishani" title="Abu Omar al-Shishani">Abu Omar al-Shishani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El-Hassen_Ould_Khalill_Jouleibib" class="mw-redirect" title="El-Hassen Ould Khalill Jouleibib">El-Hassen Ould Khalill Jouleibib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Mohammad_al-Adnani" title="Abu Mohammad al-Adnani">Abu Mohammad al-Adnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hamza_Al-Qurashi" title="Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi">Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Furqan" title="Abu Muhammad al-Furqan">Abu Muhammad al-Furqan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Jandal_al-Kuwaiti" title="Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti">Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bilal_al-Harbi" title="Abu Bilal al-Harbi">Abu Bilal al-Harbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Abousamra" title="Ahmad Abousamra">Ahmad Abousamra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turki_al-Binali" title="Turki al-Binali">Turki al-Binali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tareq_Kamleh" title="Tareq Kamleh">Tareq Kamleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavdrim_Muhaxheri" title="Lavdrim Muhaxheri">Lavdrim Muhaxheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Osama_al-Masri" title="Abu Osama al-Masri">Abu Osama al-Masri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abul-Hasan_al-Muhajir" title="Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir">Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Muhammad_al-Shimali" title="Abu Muhammad al-Shimali">Abu Muhammad al-Shimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulmurod_Khalimov" title="Gulmurod Khalimov">Gulmurod Khalimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Nasser_Qardash" title="Abdul Nasser Qardash">Abdul Nasser Qardash</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Yasser_al-Issawi" title="Abu Yasser al-Issawi">Abu Yasser al-Issawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi" title="Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi">Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hamza_Al-Qurashi" title="Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi">Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_al-Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yusuf al-Hindi">Yusuf al-Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Omar_al-Muhajir" title="Abu Omar al-Muhajir">Abu Omar al-Muhajir</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Othman_al-Nazih" title="Othman al-Nazih">Othman al-Nazih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Udeen_Al-Harith" title="Jamal Udeen Al-Harith">Jamal Udeen Al-Harith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aine_Davis" title="Aine Davis">Aine Davis</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexanda_Kotey" title="Alexanda Kotey">Alexanda Kotey</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Shafee_Elsheikh" title="El Shafee Elsheikh">El Shafee Elsheikh</a> (captured)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Cuspert" title="Denis Cuspert">Denis Cuspert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdelhamid_Abaaoud" title="Abdelhamid Abaaoud">Abdelhamid Abaaoud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boubaker_El_Hakim" title="Boubaker El Hakim">Boubaker El Hakim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Islamic_State" title="History of the Islamic State">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jama%27at_al-Tawhid_wal-Jihad" title="Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad">Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad</a> (1999–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq" title="Al-Qaeda in Iraq">Al-Qaeda in Iraq</a> (2004–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujahideen_Shura_Council_(Iraq)" title="Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq)">Mujahideen Shura Council</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a> (2006–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State#Name" title="Islamic State">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> (2014–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">Timeline of events</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2013)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2013)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2014)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2014)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2015)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2015)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2016)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2016)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2017)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2017)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2018)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2018)">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2019)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2019)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2020)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State#2021" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State#2022" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State#2023" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Islamic_State_(2024)" title="Timeline of the Islamic State (2024)">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Specific_territorial_claims" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Khorasan_Province" title="Islamic State – Khorasan Province">Khorasan Province (Afghanistan and Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Libya_Province" title="Islamic State – Libya Province">Libyan Provinces (Libya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Caucasus_Province" title="Islamic State – Caucasus Province">Caucasus Province (North Caucasus, Russia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sinai_Province" title="Islamic State – Sinai Province">Sinai Province (Sinai, Egypt)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Algeria_Province" title="Islamic State – Algeria Province">Algeria Province (Algeria)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Yemen_Province" title="Islamic State – Yemen Province">Yemen Province (Yemen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in Somalia">Abnaa ul-Khilafah (Somalia and Somaliland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Bengal_Province" title="Islamic State – Bengal Province">Bengal Province (Bangladesh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram" title="Boko Haram">Boko Haram (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Mali)</a> (2015–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_West_Africa_Province" title="Islamic State – West Africa Province">West Africa Province (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Central_Africa_Province" title="Islamic State – Central Africa Province">Central Africa Province (DR Congo and Uganda)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Sahil_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State – Sahil Province">Sahil Province (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Hind_Province" title="Islamic State – Hind Province">Hind Province (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Pakistan_Province" title="Islamic State – Pakistan Province">Pakistan Province ((Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Turkey_Province" title="Islamic State – Turkey Province">Turkey Province (Turkey)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Mozambique_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Islamic State – Mozambique Province (page does not exist)">Mozambique Province (Mozambique)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid_Army" title="Khalid ibn al-Walid Army">Khalid ibn al-Walid Army (Syria)</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Omar_Hadid_Brigade" title="Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade">Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade (Gaza)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf" title="Abu Sayyaf">Abu Sayyaf (Philippines)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansar_Khalifa_Philippines" title="Ansar Khalifa Philippines">Ansar Khalifa (Philippines)</a> (2014–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ansar_al-Khilafah_Brazil" title="Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil">Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil (Brazil)</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Indonesia_Mujahideen" title="East Indonesia Mujahideen">East Indonesia Mujahideen (Indonesia)</a> (2014–2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unorganized cells</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Azerbaijan" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Azerbaijan Province (Azerbaijan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir Province (Jammu and Kashmir)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Kurdistan" title="Islamic State in Kurdistan">Kurdistan Province (Kurdistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Saudi_Arabia" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Haramayn Province (Saudi Arabia and Bahrain)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Lebanon_and_Tunisia" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Lebanon Province (Lebanon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State#Lebanon_and_Tunisia" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Jund al Khilafah in Tunisia (Tunisia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Islamic_State_terror_cell" title="Brussels Islamic State terror cell">Brussels Islamic State terror cell (Belgium)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_and_battles_involving_the_Islamic_State" title="List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State">Wars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on terror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)">Insurgency (2003–2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_civil_war_(2006%E2%80%932008)" title="Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)">Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2011%E2%80%932013)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)">Insurgency (2011–2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Iraq_(2013%E2%80%932017)" title="War in Iraq (2013–2017)">War in Iraq (2013–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Iraq_(2017%E2%80%93present)" title="Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)">Insurgency (2017–present)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spillover_of_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Spillover of the Syrian civil war">Spillover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war_spillover_in_Lebanon" title="Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon">Spillover in Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposition%E2%80%93Islamic_State_conflict_during_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war">Opposition–Islamic State conflict</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinai_insurgency" title="Sinai insurgency">Sinai insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%932020)" title="Libyan civil war (2014–2020)">Second Libyan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Cabo_Delgado" title="Insurgency in Cabo Delgado">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamist_insurgency_in_the_Sahel" title="Islamist insurgency in the Sahel">Islamist insurgency in the Sahel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mali_War" title="Mali War">Mali War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State%E2%80%93Taliban_conflict" title="Islamic State–Taliban conflict">Conflict with Taliban</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moro_conflict" title="Moro conflict">Moro conflict (1968–2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda_insurgency_in_Yemen" title="Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen">al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)" title="Yemeni civil war (2014–present)">Yemeni civil war (2014–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" title="Boko Haram insurgency">Boko Haram insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" title="War against the Islamic State">Military intervention against IS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%932021)" title="US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)">US intervention in Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">US intervention in Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war">Russian intervention in Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Euphrates_Shield" title="Operation Euphrates Shield">Turkish operation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_(2009%E2%80%93present)" title="Somali Civil War (2009–present)">Somalia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_and_battles_involving_the_Islamic_State" title="List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State">Battles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akashat_ambush" title="Akashat ambush">Akashat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Hawija_clashes" title="2013 Hawija clashes">Hawija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_(2012%E2%80%932013)" title="Raqqa campaign (2012–2013)">Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_al-Shabah" title="Operation al-Shabah">Al-Shabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ras_al-Ayn_(2012%E2%80%9313)" title="Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13)">Ras al-Ayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tell_Abyad_(2013)" title="Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)">Tell Abyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Latakia_offensive" title="2013 Latakia offensive">Latakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Menagh_Air_Base" title="Siege of Menagh Air Base">Menagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sidi_Ali_Ben_Aoun" title="Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun">Sidi Ali Ben Aoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sadad" title="Battle of Sadad">Sadad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qalamoun_(2013%E2%80%932014)" title="Battle of Qalamoun (2013–2014)">Qalamoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleppo_offensive_(October%E2%80%93December_2013)" title="Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)">Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Yaarubiyah" title="Battle of al-Yaarubiyah">Al-Yaarubiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tell_Hamis_and_Tell_Brak_(December_2013%E2%80%93January_2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (December 2013–January 2014)">Tell Hamis and Tell Brak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anbar_campaign_(2013%E2%80%932014)" title="Anbar campaign (2013–2014)">Anbar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Fallujah" title="Fall of Fallujah">Fallujah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Aleppo_offensive_(February%E2%80%93July_2014)" title="Northern Aleppo offensive (February–July 2014)">N Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Markada" title="Battle of Markada">Markada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(June_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)">N Iraq (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Mosul" title="Fall of Mosul">Mosul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salahuddin_campaign" title="Salahuddin campaign">Salahuddin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Baiji" title="Fall of Baiji">Baiji (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Tikrit" title="First Battle of Tikrit">Tikrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(August_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)">N Iraq (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Koban%C3%AE" title="Siege of Kobanî">Kobanî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinjar_massacre" title="Sinjar massacre">Sinjar (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derna_campaign_(2014%E2%80%932016)" title="Derna campaign (2014–2016)">Derna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2014%E2%80%932015)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2014–2015)">Ramadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_offensive_(December_2014)" title="Deir ez-Zor offensive (December 2014)">Deir ez-Zor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baiji_(2014%E2%80%932015)" title="Battle of Baiji (2014–2015)">Baiji (14–15)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_Sinjar_offensive" title="December 2014 Sinjar offensive">Sinjar (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zumar" title="Battle of Zumar">Zumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Amirli" title="Siege of Amirli">Amirli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Nofaliya_(2015)" title="Fall of Nofaliya (2015)">Nofaliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_West_African_offensive" title="2015 West African offensive">W Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Egyptian_airstrikes_in_Libya" title="February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya">Egyptian airstrikes in Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Niger_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Niger raid">Niger raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_al-Hasakah_offensive" title="Eastern al-Hasakah offensive">E al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Tikrit" title="Second Battle of Tikrit">Tikrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2015)" title="Battle of Sirte (2015)">Sirte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hama_and_Homs_offensive_(March%E2%80%93April_2015)" title="Hama and Homs offensive (March–April 2015)">Hama & Homs (Mar–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sarrin_(March%E2%80%93April_2015)" title="Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015)">Sarrin (Mar–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yarmouk_Camp_(2015)" title="Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)">Yarmouk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qalamoun_offensive_(May%E2%80%93June_2015)" title="Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015)">Qalamoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(May_2015)" title="Palmyra offensive (May 2015)">Palmyra (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_al-Hasakah_offensive" title="Western al-Hasakah offensive">W al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hasakah_city_offensive" title="Al-Hasakah city offensive">Al-Hasakah city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Abyad_offensive" title="Tell Abyad offensive">Tell Abyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sarrin_(June%E2%80%93July_2015)" title="Battle of Sarrin (June–July 2015)">Sarrin (Jun–Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Hasakah_(2015)" title="Battle of al-Hasakah (2015)">Al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koban%C3%AE_massacre" title="Kobanî massacre">Kobani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(July%E2%80%93August_2015)" title="Palmyra offensive (July–August 2015)">Palmyra (Jul–Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2015%E2%80%932016)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2015–2016)">Ramadi (15–16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Qaryatayn_(2015)" title="Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2015)">Al-Qaryatayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_al-Hawl_offensive" title="2015 al-Hawl offensive">Al-Hawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homs_offensive_(November%E2%80%93December_2015)" title="Homs offensive (November–December 2015)">Homs (Nov–Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2015_Sinjar_offensive" title="November 2015 Sinjar offensive">Sinjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Aleppo_offensive_(2015%E2%80%932016)" title="East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)">E Aleppo (15–16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineveh_Plains_offensive" title="Nineveh Plains offensive">Niveneh Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tishrin_Dam_offensive" title="Tishrin Dam offensive">Tishrin Dam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_offensive_(2016)" title="Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)">Deir ez-Zor (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fallujah_(2016)" title="Siege of Fallujah (2016)">Fallujah (Feb–May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangarhar_offensive_(2016)" title="Nangarhar offensive (2016)">Nangarhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ben_Guerdane" title="Battle of Ben Guerdane">Ben Guerdane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ithriyah-Raqqa_offensive_(February%E2%80%93March_2016)" title="Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)">Ithriyah-Raqqa (Feb–Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shaddadi_offensive_(2016)" title="Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016)">Al-Shaddadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Khanasir_offensive" title="2016 Khanasir offensive">Khanasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Qaryatayn_(2016)" title="Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2016)">Al-Qaryatayn (Mar–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(March_2016)" title="Palmyra offensive (March 2016)">Palmyra (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Aleppo_offensive_(March%E2%80%93June_2016)" title="Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016)">N Aleppo (Mar–Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hit_(2016)" title="Battle of Hit (2016)">Hīt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tipo-Tipo" title="Battle of Tipo-Tipo">Tipo-Tipo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2016)" title="Battle of Sirte (2016)">Sirte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ar-Rutbah_(2016)" title="Battle of Ar-Rutbah (2016)">Ar-Rutbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Raqqa_offensive" title="Northern Raqqa offensive">N Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="Third Battle of Fallujah">Fallujah (May–Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbij_offensive" title="Manbij offensive">Manbij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ithriyah-Raqqa_offensive_(June_2016)" title="Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016)">Ithriyah-Raqqa (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Abu_Kamal_offensive" title="2016 Abu Kamal offensive">Abu Kamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Rai_(August_2016)" title="Battle of al-Rai (August 2016)">al-Rai (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_al-Bab_offensive_(September_2016)" title="Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016)">N al-Bab (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_al-Bab_offensive_(September_2016)" title="Western al-Bab offensive (September 2016)">W al-Bab (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Dabiq_offensive" title="2016 Dabiq offensive">Dabiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_al-Bab_offensive_(October%E2%80%93November_2016)" title="Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016)">W al-Bab (Oct–Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Bab" title="Battle of al-Bab">Al-Bab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleppo_offensive_(November%E2%80%93December_2016)" title="Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)">Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(December_2016)" title="Palmyra offensive (December 2016)">Palmyra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)">Mosul (16–17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)">Raqqa (16–17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(2017)" title="Palmyra offensive (2017)">Palmyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_offensive_(January%E2%80%93February_2017)" title="Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)">Deir ez-Zor (Jan–Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Aleppo_offensive_(2017)" title="East Aleppo offensive (2017)">E Aleppo (Jan–Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Homs_offensive_(2017)" title="Eastern Homs offensive (2017)">E Homs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hama_offensive_(March%E2%80%93April_2017)" title="Hama offensive (March–April 2017)">Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Western_Nineveh_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Western Nineveh offensive">W Nineveh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabqa" title="Battle of Tabqa">Tabqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Desert_campaign_(December_2016%E2%80%93April_2017)" title="Syrian Desert campaign (December 2016–April 2017)">Syrian Desert (Dec 16–Apr 17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Desert_campaign_(May%E2%80%93July_2017)" title="Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017)">Syrian Desert (May–Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maskanah_Plains_offensive" title="Maskanah Plains offensive">Maskanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Marawi" title="Siege of Marawi">Marawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)" title="Battle of Raqqa (2017)">Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Southern_Raqqa_offensive" title="2017 Southern Raqqa offensive">S Raqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Syria_campaign" title="Central Syria campaign">C Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tal_Afar_(2017)" title="Battle of Tal Afar (2017)">Tal Afar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017%E2%80%932019)" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Deir ez-Zor (17–19)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hawija" title="Battle of Hawija">Hawija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Syria_campaign_(September%E2%80%93December_2017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017)">E Syria (Sep–Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Syria_campaign_(October_2017%E2%80%93February_2018)" title="Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017–February 2018)">NW Syria (Oct 17–Feb 18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Abu_Kamal_offensive" title="2017 Abu Kamal offensive">Abu Kamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Western_Iraq_campaign" title="2017 Western Iraq campaign">W Iraq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/As-Suwayda_offensive_(June_2018)" title="As-Suwayda offensive (June 2018)">As-Suwayda (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Southern_Syria_offensive" title="2018 Southern Syria offensive">S Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Suwayda_offensive_(August%E2%80%93November_2018)" title="As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018)">As-Suwayda (Aug–Nov)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017%E2%80%932019)#Battle_of_Hajin" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Hajin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baghuz_Fawqani" title="Battle of Baghuz Fawqani">Baghuz Fawqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Barisha raid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chinagodrar" title="Battle of Chinagodrar">Chinagodrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Danag" title="Battle of Danag">Danag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moc%C3%ADmboa_da_Praia_offensive" title="Mocímboa da Praia offensive">Mocímboa da Praia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Bayda_offensive" title="Al Bayda offensive">Al Bayda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tessit_(2021)" title="Battle of Tessit (2021)">Tessit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palma" title="Battle of Palma">Palma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sambisa_Forest_(2021)" title="Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021)">Sambisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Adnan_Abu_Walid_al-Sahrawi" title="Killing of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi">Dangarous</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Hasakah_(2022)" title="Battle of al-Hasakah (2022)">Al-Hasakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ibrahim_al-Hashimi_al-Qurashi#Death" title="Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi">Atme raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_And%C3%A9ramboukane_(2022)" title="Battle of Andéramboukane (2022)">Andéramboukane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talataye_(2022)" title="Battle of Talataye (2022)">Talataye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Falagountou" title="Battle of Falagountou">Falagountou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_linked_to_the_Islamic_State" title="List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State">Attacks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Museum_of_Belgium_shooting" title="Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting">Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Speicher_massacre" title="Camp Speicher massacre">Camp Speicher massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu_ramming_attack" title="2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack">Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hypercacher_kosher_supermarket_siege" title="Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege">Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_kidnapping_and_beheading_of_Copts_in_Libya" title="2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya">Beheading of Copts in Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Corinthia_Hotel_attack" title="2015 Corinthia Hotel attack">Corinthia Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Qubbah_bombings" title="Al Qubbah bombings">Al Qubbah bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardo_National_Museum_attack" title="Bardo National Museum attack">Bardo National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombings" title="March 2015 Sanaa mosque bombings">Sanaa bombings (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Culwell_Center_attack" title="Curtis Culwell Center attack">Curtis Culwell Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatif_and_Dammam_mosque_bombings" title="Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings">Qatif & Dammam bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26_June_2015_Islamist_attacks" title="26 June 2015 Islamist attacks">26 June</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koban%C3%AE_massacre" title="Kobanî massacre">Kobanî massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Quentin-Fallavier_attack" title="Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack">Saint-Quentin-Fallavier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kuwait_mosque_bombing" title="2015 Kuwait mosque bombing">Kuwait mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sousse_attacks" title="2015 Sousse attacks">Sousse</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Khan_Bani_Saad_bombing" title="2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing">Khan Bani Saad bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru%C3%A7_bombing" title="Suruç bombing">Suruç bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2015_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2015 Baghdad bombing">Baghdad bombing (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2015_Sanaa_mosque_bombing" title="September 2015 Sanaa mosque bombing">Sanaa bombing (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Ankara_bombings" title="2015 Ankara bombings">Ankara bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Saihat_shooting" title="2015 Saihat shooting">Saihat shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268">Metrojet Flight 9268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Beirut_bombings" title="2015 Beirut bombings">Beirut bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks" title="November 2015 Paris attacks">Paris (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Tunis_bombing" title="2015 Tunis bombing">Tunis bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack" title="2015 San Bernardino attack">San Bernardino attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Qamishli_bombings" title="2015 Qamishli bombings">Qamishli bombings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zliten_truck_bombing" title="Zliten truck bombing">Zliten truck bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hurghada_attack" title="2016 Hurghada attack">Hurghada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Istanbul_bombing" title="January 2016 Istanbul bombing">Istanbul bombing (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Jakarta_attacks" title="2016 Jakarta attacks">Jakarta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ramadi_bombing" title="2016 Ramadi bombing">Ramadi bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahasin_mosque_attack" title="Mahasin mosque attack">Mahasin mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Sayyidah_Zaynab_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab attack">Sayyidah Zaynab (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mosul_massacre" title="2016 Mosul massacre">Mosul massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Homs_bombings" title="February 2016 Homs bombings">Homs bombings (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Sayyidah_Zaynab_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings">Sayyidah Zaynab bombings (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2016_Istanbul_bombing" title="March 2016 Istanbul bombing">Istanbul bombing (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings" title="2016 Brussels bombings">Brussels bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Aden_car_bombing" title="2016 Aden car bombing">Aden bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iskandariya_suicide_bombing" title="Iskandariya suicide bombing">Iskandariya bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="April 2016 Baghdad bombing">Baghdad bombing (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Samawa_bombing" title="2016 Samawa bombing">Samawa bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Gaziantep_bombing" title="May 2016 Gaziantep bombing">Gaziantep bombing (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11_May_2016_Baghdad_bombings" title="11 May 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (11 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_fan_club_massacres" title="Real Madrid fan club massacres">Real Madrid fan club massacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Taji_gas_plant_attack" title="2016 Taji gas plant attack">Baghdad gas plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Yemen_police_bombings" title="May 2016 Yemen police bombings">Yemen police bombings (15 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (17 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2016_Jableh_and_Tartous_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="May 2016 Jableh and Tartous bombings">Jableh & Tartous bombings (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23_May_2016_Yemen_bombings" title="23 May 2016 Yemen bombings">Yemen bombings (23 May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Aktobe_shootings" title="2016 Aktobe shootings">Aktobe shootings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting" title="Pulse nightclub shooting">Pulse nightclub shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Magnanville_stabbing" title="2016 Magnanville stabbing">Magnanville stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2016_Mukalla_attacks" title="June 2016 Mukalla attacks">Mukalla (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Movida_Bar_grenade_attack" title="2016 Movida Bar grenade attack">Movida Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport_attack" title="2016 Atatürk Airport attack">Atatürk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Dhaka_attack" title="July 2016 Dhaka attack">Dhaka (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Karrada_bombing" title="2016 Karrada bombing">Karrada bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_al-Hadi_Mausoleum_attack" title="Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum attack">Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack" title="2016 Nice truck attack">Nice truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg_train_attack" title="Würzburg train attack">Würzburg train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Kabul_bombing" title="July 2016 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ansbach_bombing" title="2016 Ansbach bombing">Ansbach bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Normandy_church_attack" title="2016 Normandy church attack">Normandy church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2016_Qamishli_bombings" title="July 2016 Qamishli bombings">Qamishli bombings (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_stabbing_of_Charleroi_police_officers" title="2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers">Charleroi stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchelkovo_Highway_police_station_attack" title="Shchelkovo Highway police station attack">Shchelkovo Highway police station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2016_Aden_bombing" title="August 2016 Aden bombing">Aden bombing (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_September_2016_Syria_bombings" title="5 September 2016 Syria bombings">Syria bombings (5 Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_September_2016_Baghdad_bombings" title="9 September 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (9 Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2016_Baghdad_attacks" title="October 2016 Baghdad attacks">Baghdad bombings (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Quetta_police_training_college_attack" title="2016 Quetta police training college attack">Quetta police college</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamam_al-Alil_massacre" title="Hamam al-Alil massacre">Hamam al-Alil massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Khuzdar_bombing" title="2016 Khuzdar bombing">Khuzdar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Samarinda_church_bombing" title="2016 Samarinda church bombing">Samarinda bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2016_Hillah_suicide_truck_bombing" title="November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing">Hillah bombing (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Aden_suicide_bombings" title="December 2016 Aden suicide bombings">Aden bombings (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botroseya_Church_bombing" title="Botroseya Church bombing">Botroseya bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Al-Karak_attack" title="2016 Al-Karak attack">Al-Karak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Berlin_truck_attack" title="2016 Berlin truck attack">Berlin truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Sefter_Ta%C5%9F_and_Fethi_%C5%9Eahin" title="Murders of Sefter Taş and Fethi Şahin">Murders of Sefter Taş and Fethi Şahin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="December 2016 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (Dec)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_nightclub_shooting" title="Istanbul nightclub shooting">Istanbul nightclub shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2,_2017_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2, 2017 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings (2 Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_Azaz_bombing" title="January 2017 Azaz bombing">Azaz bombing (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sehwan_suicide_bombing" title="Sehwan suicide bombing">Sehwan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_Kabul_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2017 Kabul attack">Kabul (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack" title="2017 Westminster attack">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Saint_Petersburg_Metro_bombing" title="2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing">St Petersburg Metro bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday_church_bombings" title="Palm Sunday church bombings">Egypt church bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Mastung_suicide_bombing" title="2017 Mastung suicide bombing">Mastung bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arena_bombing" title="Manchester Arena bombing">Manchester Arena bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Jakarta_bombings" title="2017 Jakarta bombings">Jakarta bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Minya_bus_attack" title="2017 Minya bus attack">Minya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Faqma_ice_cream_parlor_bombing" title="Al-Faqma ice cream parlor bombing">Al-Faqma bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_London_Bridge_attack" title="2017 London Bridge attack">London Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Brighton_siege" title="2017 Brighton siege">Brighton siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Tehran_attacks" title="2017 Tehran attacks">Tehran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2017_Pakistan_attacks" title="June 2017 Pakistan attacks">Pakistan attacks (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hurghada_attack" title="2017 Hurghada attack">Hurghada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Quetta_suicide_bombing" title="August 2017 Quetta suicide bombing">Quetta bombing (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Barcelona_attacks" title="2017 Barcelona attacks">Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2017_Brussels_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2017 Brussels attack">Brussels (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nasiriyah_attacks" title="2017 Nasiriyah attacks">Nasiriyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_October_2017_Afghanistan_attacks" title="20 October 2017 Afghanistan attacks">Afghanistan (20 Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_New_York_City_truck_attack" title="2017 New York City truck attack">New York City truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Sinai_mosque_attack" title="2017 Sinai mosque attack">Sinai mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_December_2017_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="28 December 2017 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul bombing (28 Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Saint_Menas_church" title="Attack on Saint Menas church">Saint Menas church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Baghdad_bombings" title="2018 Baghdad bombings">Baghdad bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_Jalalabad_attack" title="Save the Children Jalalabad attack">Save The Children Jalalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizlyar_church_shooting" title="Kizlyar church shooting">Kizlyar church shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul bombing (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carcassonne_and_Tr%C3%A8bes_attack" title="Carcassonne and Trèbes attack">Carcasonne & Trèbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombing" title="22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing">Kabul bombing (22 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_April_2018_Kabul_suicide_bombings" title="30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings">Kabul bombings (30 Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_attack_on_the_High_National_Elections_Commission_in_Tripoli,_Libya" title="2018 attack on the High National Elections Commission in Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Mako_Brimob_standoff" title="2018 Mako Brimob standoff">Mako Brimob standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Paris_knife_attack" title="2018 Paris knife attack">Paris knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surabaya_bombings" title="Surabaya bombings">Surabaya bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Li%C3%A8ge_attack" title="2018 Liège attack">Liège</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Jalalabad_suicide_bombing" title="July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing">Jalalabad bombing (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Mastung_and_Bannu_bombings" title="2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings">Mastung & Bannu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Quetta_suicide_bombing" title="2018 Quetta suicide bombing">Quetta bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_As-Suwayda_attacks" title="2018 As-Suwayda attacks">As-Suwayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Tajikistan_tourist_attack" title="2018 Tajikistan tourist attack">Tajikistan attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2018_Kabul_attacks" title="September 2018 Kabul attacks">Kabul (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahvaz_military_parade_attack" title="Ahvaz military parade attack">Ahvaz military parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Minya_bus_attack" title="2018 Minya bus attack">Minya bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Melbourne_stabbing_attack" title="2018 Melbourne stabbing attack">Melbourne stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Louisa_Vesterager_Jespersen_and_Maren_Ueland" title="Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland">Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Jolo_Cathedral_bombings" title="2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings">Jolo Cathedral bombings</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sri Lanka Easter bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainthamaruthu_shootout" title="Sainthamaruthu shootout">Sainthamaruthu shootout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_August_2019_Kabul_bombing" title="17 August 2019 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing (17 Aug)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_March_2020_Kabul_shooting" title="6 March 2020 Kabul shooting">Kabul shooting (6 Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabul_gurdwara_attack" title="Kabul gurdwara attack">Kabul gurdwara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xitaxi_massacre" title="Xitaxi massacre">Xitaxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="May 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Afghanistan (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalalabad_prison_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalalabad prison attack">Jalalabad prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Jolo_bombings" title="2020 Jolo bombings">Jolo bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kabul_University_attack" title="2020 Kabul University attack">Kabul University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Vienna_attack" title="2020 Vienna attack">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2020_Afghanistan_attacks" title="December 2020 Afghanistan attacks">Afghanistan (Dec)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Machh_attack" title="2021 Machh attack">Machh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2021_Baghdad_bombings" title="January 2021 Baghdad bombings">January Baghdad bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_school_bombing" title="2021 Kabul school bombing">Kabul school bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_airport_attack" title="2021 Kabul airport attack">Kabul airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kunduz_mosque_bombing" title="2021 Kunduz mosque bombing">Kunduz bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kandahar_bombing" title="2021 Kandahar bombing">Kandahar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Uganda_bombings" title="2021 Uganda bombings">Kampala bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Kabul_hospital_attack" title="2021 Kabul hospital attack">Kabul hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Diyala_massacre" title="2022 Diyala massacre">Diyala massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Peshawar_mosque_attack" title="2022 Peshawar mosque attack">Peshawar mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Hadera_shooting" title="2022 Hadera shooting">Hadera shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mazar-i-Sharif_mosque_bombing" title="2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing">Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mazar-i-Sharif_minivan_bombings" title="2022 Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings">Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourasso_and_Namissiguima_massacres" title="Bourasso and Namissiguima massacres">Bourasso and Namissiguima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuje_prison_break" title="Kuje prison break">Kuje prison break</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_August_2022_Kabul_bombing" title="5 August 2022 Kabul bombing">5 August Kabul bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2022_Kabul_mosque_bombing" title="August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing">August Kabul mosque bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Russian_embassy_in_Kabul" title="Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul">Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Shah_Cheragh_attack" title="2022 Shah Cheragh attack">Shah Cheragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Kabul_hotel_attack" title="2022 Kabul hotel attack">Kabul hotel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Kabul_airport_bombing" title="2023 Kabul airport bombing">Kabul airport bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Afghanistan_bombing" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Al-Sukhnah_attack" title="2023 Al-Sukhnah attack">Al-Sukhnah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Hama_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hama attack">Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Khar_bombing" title="2023 Khar bombing">Khar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arras_school_stabbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Arras school stabbing">Arras school stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Pul-i-Khumri_bombing" title="2023 Pul-i-Khumri bombing">Pul-i-Khumri bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Brussels_shooting" title="2023 Brussels shooting">Brussels shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2023_Kabul_bombing" title="November 2023 Kabul bombing">Kabul bombing (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Paris_attack" title="2023 Paris attack">Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mindanao_State_University_bombing" title="Mindanao State University bombing">Mindanao State University bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerman_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerman bombings">Kerman bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Istanbul_church_shooting" title="2024 Istanbul church shooting">Istanbul church shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Balochistan_bombings" title="2024 Balochistan bombings">Balochistan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sibi_bombing" title="2024 Sibi bombing">Sibi bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mucojo_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Mucojo attack">Mucojo attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Karabulak_clash" title="2024 Karabulak clash">Karabulak clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Kandahar_New_Kabul_Bank_bombing" title="2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing">Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Tillab%C3%A9ri_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Tillabéri attack">Tillabéri attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack" title="Crocus City Hall attack">Crocus City Hall attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Guzara_Attack" title="2024 Guzara Attack">2024 Guzara Attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Bamyan_shooting" title="2024 Bamyan shooting">2024 Bamyan shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Beirut_US_embassy_shooting" title="2024 Beirut US embassy shooting">2024 Beirut US embassy shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don_pre-trial_detention_center_hostage_crisis" title="Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis">Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Dagestan_attacks" title="2024 Dagestan attacks">2024 Dagestan attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_attack_on_the_Israeli_embassy_in_Belgrade" title="2024 attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgrade">2024 attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgrade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Muscat_mosque_shooting" title="2024 Muscat mosque shooting">2024 Muscat mosque shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Kabul_bus_bombing" title="2024 Kabul bus bombing">2024 Kabul bus bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surovikino_penal_colony_hostage_crisis" title="Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis">Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Solingen_stabbing" title="2024 Solingen stabbing">2024 Solingen stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Qala_Bakhtiar_bombing" title="2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing">2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Afghanistan_bus_shooting" title="2024 Afghanistan bus shooting">2024 Afghanistan bus shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Qusar_attack" title="2024 Qusar attack">2024 Qusar attack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics and organization</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finances_of_the_Islamic_State" title="Finances of the Islamic State">Finances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Islamic_State" title="Ideology of the Islamic State">Ideology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_Health_Service" title="Islamic State Health Service">Medicare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Islamic_State" title="Military of the Islamic State">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare_of_the_Islamic_State" title="Armoured warfare of the Islamic State">Armoured warfare</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Islamic_State-controlled_territory" title="Human rights in Islamic State-controlled territory">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Christians_by_the_Islamic_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Genocide of Christians by the Islamic State">Genocide of Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Shias_by_the_Islamic_State" title="Persecution of Shias by the Islamic State">Persecution of Shias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Yazidis_by_the_Islamic_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State">Genocide of Yazidis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmen_genocide" title="Iraqi Turkmen genocide">Genocide of Turkmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_gay_and_bisexual_men_by_the_Islamic_State" title="Persecution of gay and bisexual men by the Islamic State">Persecution of gay and bisexual men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_captives_by_the_Islamic_State" title="Killing of captives by the Islamic State">Killing of captives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_beheading_incidents" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State beheading incidents">Beheading incidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destruction_of_cultural_heritage_by_the_Islamic_State" title="Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State">Destruction of cultural heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISIS_occupation_of_Mosul" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS occupation of Mosul">Occupation of Mosul</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_executions_in_ISIL-occupied_Mosul" class="mw-redirect" title="Mass executions in ISIL-occupied Mosul">Executions in Mosul</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_and_the_Islamic_State" title="Iran and the Islamic State">Iran and the Islamic State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_and_the_Islamic_State" title="Philippines and the Islamic State">Philippines and the Islamic State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Islamic_State" title="United Kingdom and the Islamic State">United Kingdom and the Islamic State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_and_the_Islamic_State" title="Trinidad and Tobago and the Islamic State">Trinidad and Tobago and the Islamic State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_fighters_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War_and_War_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq">Foreign fighters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_changes_due_to_the_Islamic_State" title="Name changes due to the Islamic State">Name changes due to the Islamic State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portrayal_of_the_Islamic_State_in_American_media" title="Portrayal of the Islamic State in American media">Portrayal of the Islamic State in American media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_and_al-Qaeda_link_allegations" title="Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations">Connection with Saddam Regime and Baath Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Islamic_State_members" title="List of Islamic State members">Members</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brussels_Islamic_State_terror_cell" title="Brussels Islamic State terror cell">Terrorist cell in Brussels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Islamic_State" title="Territory of the Islamic State">Territorial claims</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Barakah_(Islamic_State_administrative_district)" title="Al-Barakah (Islamic State administrative district)">al-Barakah district</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collaboration_with_the_Islamic_State" title="Collaboration with the Islamic State">Collaboration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td 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Persecution</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians#Early_Middle_Ages" title="Persecution of Christians">Middle Ages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homs_revolts_(854%E2%80%93855)" title="Homs revolts (854–855)">Homs revolts (854–855)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Martyrs of Córdoba">Martyrs of Córdoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashmurian_revolts" title="Bashmurian revolts">Bashmurian revolts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destruction_of_the_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisrawan_campaigns_(1292%E2%80%931305)" title="Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)">Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians#Early_Modern_period_(1500_to_1815)" title="Persecution of Christians">Early modern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dechristianization_of_France_during_the_French_Revolution" title="Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution">French Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_the_Vend%C3%A9e" title="War in the Vendée">Revolt in the Vendée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Japan" title="Martyrs of Japan">Martyrs of Japan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kakure_Kirishitan" title="Kakure Kirishitan">Kakure Kirishitan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captivity_of_Mangalorean_Catholics_at_Seringapatam" title="Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam">Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians#Modern_era_(1815_to_1989)" title="Persecution of Christians">Modern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constantinople_massacre_of_1821" title="Constantinople massacre of 1821">Constantinople massacre of 1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_and_1846_massacres_in_Hakkari" title="1843 and 1846 massacres in Hakkari">1843 and 1846 massacres in Hakkari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_Aleppo_(1850)" title="Massacre of Aleppo (1850)">1850 Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_civil_conflict_in_Mount_Lebanon_and_Damascus" title="1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus">1860 Lebanon conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianjin_Massacre" title="Tianjin Massacre">Tianjin Massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kucheng_massacre" title="Kucheng massacre">Kucheng massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%E1%BB%B1_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c%27s_Catholic_persecution" title="Tự Đức's Catholic persecution">Tự Đức's Catholic persecution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamidian_massacres" title="Hamidian massacres">Hamidian massacres</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massacres_of_Diyarbekir_(1895)" title="Massacres of Diyarbekir (1895)">Diyarbekir</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candia_massacre" title="Candia massacre">Candia massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion" title="Boxer Rebellion">Boxer Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adana_massacre" title="Adana massacre">Adana massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_of_Mount_Lebanon" title="Great Famine of Mount Lebanon">Great Famine of Mount Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayfo" title="Sayfo">Assyrian genocide</a></li> <li><a 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Thursday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chouf_massacres" class="mw-redirect" title="Chouf massacres">Chouf massacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damour_massacre" title="Damour massacre">Damour massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_War_(Lebanon)" title="Mountain War (Lebanon)">Mountain War (Lebanon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch" title="Beer Hall Putsch">Beer Hall Putsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Eastern_Bloc" title="Persecution of Christians in the Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_post%E2%80%93Cold_War_era" title="Persecution of Christians in the post–Cold War era">Persecution of Christians in the post–Cold War era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumgait_pogrom" title="Sumgait pogrom">Sumgait pogrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maluku_sectarian_conflict" title="Maluku sectarian conflict">Maluku sectarian conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_massacre" title="Nag Hammadi massacre">Nag Hammadi massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosheh_massacres" title="Kosheh massacres">Kosheh massacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" title="Boko Haram insurgency">Boko Haram insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maspero_demonstrations" title="Maspero demonstrations">Maspero demonstrations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_attacks_on_Christians_in_southeastern_Gujarat" title="1998 attacks on Christians in southeastern Gujarat">1998 attacks on Christians in southeastern Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_attacks_on_Christians_in_Dangs_district" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 attacks on Christians in Dangs district">1998 attacks on Christians in Dangs district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Ramgiri-Udaygiri_violence" title="1998 Ramgiri-Udaygiri violence">1998 Ramgiri-Udaygiri violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Ranalai_violence" title="1999 Ranalai violence">1999 Ranalai violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Christmas_violence_in_Kandhamal" title="2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal">2007 Christmas violence in Kandhamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandhamal_violence" title="2008 Kandhamal violence">2008 Kandhamal violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Kandhamal_nun_gang_rape_case" title="2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case">2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_attacks_on_Christians_in_southern_Karnataka" title="2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka">2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_anti-Christian_violence_in_Karnataka" title="2021 anti-Christian violence in Karnataka">2021 anti-Christian violence in Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_hostage_crisis" title="Manila hostage crisis">2010 Manila hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_by_the_Islamic_State" title="Persecution of Christians by the Islamic State">Persecution by the Islamic State</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By persecutor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Early Christianity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa" title="Herod Agrippa">Agrippa I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Roman Empire</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nero" title="Nero">Nero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domitian" title="Domitian">Domitian</a></li> 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style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Middle Ages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mutawakkil" title="Al-Mutawakkil">Al-Mutawakkil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah" title="Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah">Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulagu_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulagu Khan">Hulagu Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timur" title="Timur">Timur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Early modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi" title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangxi_Emperor" title="Kangxi Emperor">Kangxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipu_Sultan" title="Tipu Sultan">Tipu Sultan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minh_M%E1%BA%A1ng" title="Minh Mạng">Minh Mạng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%E1%BB%B1_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c" title="Tự Đức">Tự Đức</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Jeongsun" title="Queen Jeongsun">Queen Jeongsun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ranavalona_I" title="Ranavalona I">Ranavalona I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mwanga_II_of_Buganda" title="Mwanga II of Buganda">Mwanga II of Buganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutarco_El%C3%ADas_Calles" title="Plutarco Elías Calles">Plutarco Elías Calles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Garrido_Canabal" title="Tomás Garrido Canabal">Tomás Garrido Canabal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bai_Chongxi" title="Bai Chongxi">Bai Chongxi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enver_Hoxha" title="Enver Hoxha">Enver Hoxha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Pashas" title="Three Pashas">Three Pashas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USSR_anti-religious_campaign_(1921%E2%80%931928)" title="USSR anti-religious campaign (1921–1928)">Vladimir Lenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USSR_anti-religious_campaign_(1928%E2%80%931941)" title="USSR anti-religious campaign (1928–1941)">Joseph Stalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_in_Nazi_Germany" title="Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany">Adolf Hitler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Mao Zedong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pol_Pot" title="Pol Pot">Pol Pot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea#Persecution_of_Christians_and_Buddhists" title="Human rights in North Korea">Kim Il-sung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Shekau" title="Abubakar Shekau">Abubakar Shekau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antireligious_campaigns_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party#2012–present:_Xi_Jinping_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Antireligious campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party">Xi Jinping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Algeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Armenian_sentiment_in_Azerbaijan" title="Anti-Armenian sentiment in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Myanmar" title="Freedom of religion in Myanmar">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Cambodia" title="Freedom of religion in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_China" title="Christianity in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dechristianization_of_France_during_the_French_Revolution" title="Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulturkampf" title="Kulturkampf">German Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirchenkampf" title="Kirchenkampf">Nazi Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violence_against_Christians_in_India" title="Violence against Christians in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirishitan" title="Kirishitan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Laos" title="Christianity in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Lebanon" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Madagascar" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Christians in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-clericalism_in_Mexico" title="Anti-clericalism in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_Nigeria" 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title="Anti-Catholicism">Catholics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Eastern_Orthodox_Christians" title="Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians">Eastern Orthodox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Mormonism" title="Anti-Mormonism">Mormons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Violence_against_Mormons" class="mw-redirect" title="Violence against Mormons">Violence against Mormons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Oriental_Orthodox_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecution of Oriental Orthodox Christians">Oriental Orthodox</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Armenian_sentiment" title="Anti-Armenian sentiment">Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Copts" title="Persecution of Copts">Copts</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Protestantism" title="Anti-Protestantism">Protestants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a> (<a 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title="Korean Martyrs">Korean Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Japan" title="Martyrs of Japan">Martyrs of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War" title="Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War">Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Martyr" title="New Martyr">New Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Martyrs" title="Canadian Martyrs">North American Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints_of_the_Cristero_War" title="Saints of the Cristero War">Saints of the Cristero War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Martyrs" title="Uganda Martyrs">Uganda Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Martyrs" title="Vietnamese Martyrs">Vietnamese Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/233_Spanish_Martyrs" title="233 Spanish Martyrs">233 Spanish Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/498_Spanish_Martyrs" title="498 Spanish Martyrs">498 Spanish Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/522_Spanish_Martyrs" title="522 Spanish Martyrs">522 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