Admin l Tuesday, April 23, 2019
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – At least 10 Indians have been confirmed dead in the multiple bomb blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, that targeted three churches and three international hotels in Colombo, and Negombo, Indian TV has reported.
The TV station also put current death toll to 310 with over 500 people injured. So, far a state of emergency has been declared in some of the state as mass burial for victims get underway.
The Metropolitan Police has also confirmed the death of 8 British citizens in the blast, which has been attributed to the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a local hardline Muslim group.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Sri Lanka Health Minister, Rajitha Senaratne blamed the attacks on failure of President Maithripala Sirisena’s government to act on intelligence shared 14 days before the multiple blasts that targeted churches and luxury hotels across the nation.
“Unfortunately, despite all these revelations by the intelligence units we could not avert these attacks,” Senaratne, who is also the cabinet spokesman, said at a press conference.
He called for probe into failure of government to act despite intelligence. “We must also look into why adequate precautions were not taken,” he said on Sunday.
So far 87 bomb detonators have been found by police in Colombo. Among those killed are 7 Indians. So far, India TV has reported that Indian government has activated coast guards to prevent the terrorists from escaping.
