COLOMBO (Reuters) - Devastating Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were retaliation for recent deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday, adding that two domestic Islamist groups were believed to have been behind Sunday’s blasts.

No group has claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks, which officials said were carried out by at least seven suicide bombers, on three churches and four hotels. The toll rose to 321 dead with about 500 people wounded.

“The initial investigation has revealed that this was in retaliation for the New Zealand mosque attack,” junior minister for defence Ruwan Wijewardene told parliament.

He did not elaborate on why authorities believed there was a link to the killing of 50 people at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch during Friday prayers on March 15. A lone gunman carried out those attacks.

Wijewardene said two Sri Lankan Islamist groups - the National Thawheed Jama’ut and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim - were responsible for the blasts early on Sunday during Easter services and as high-end hotels served breakfast.

U.S. intelligence sources said the attacks carried some of the hallmarks of the Islamic State militant group, although they were cautious because it had not claimed responsibility.


Islamic State is usually quick to claim responsibility for, or links to, attacks against foreign targets or religious groups, whether it was involved or not, they said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament investigators were looking into foreign links.

Earlier on Tuesday, Sri Lankan government and military sources said a Syrian had been detained among 40 people being questioned over the bombs.

“He was arrested after the interrogation of local suspects,” one of the sources said, referring to the unidentified Syrian.

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Tuesday was declared a national day of mourning and the funerals of some of the victims were held, as pressure mounted on the government over why effective action had not been taken in response to a warning this month about a possible attack on churches by the little-known National Thawheed Jama’ut group.

The first six attacks - on three churches and three luxury hotels - came within 20 minutes on Sunday morning.

Two more explosions - at a downmarket hotel and a house in a suburb of the capital, Colombo - came in the early afternoon.


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Truly religion is a ruse

It’s all lies

The nigga above me could be a potential jihadist, always be careful of him ...

This is crazy. Brandon Tarrant, the attacker of the Mosque in New Zealand was a Pagan/Atheist who went as far as bashing religion in his manifesto. His motivation for the attack was white supremacy and specific hatred for Islam. Though he expressed sympathy for the sufferings of Christians at the hands of Muslims in the middle east but he was NOT a Christian.

When Dylan Roof another Atheist/Pagan/Supremacist opened fire on a black church in Charlotsville, USA. Christians didn't go looking for Atheists to kill. When Jews were killed in Pittsburgh USA by an Anti semite, they didn't go looking for other people to kill.

Yet this dumb islamist went to attack a church in far away sri lanka as retaliation... Same thing happened in Calais, France. An Atheist funded magazine which mocks Jesus Christ for a living chose to mock Muhammed one day. And apart from attacking the company. These morons where threatening Christians in Asia.

Atheists drew a mocking picture of Mohammed in Denmark and these idiots started attacking Christians in Bauchi and Kaduna.

Well CNN especially, is culpable in the death of all those people in Sri Lanka. They keep passing this propaganda of Islamophobia. Well news flash, Islam definitely gives more violence to others than it actually receives. And every body who has a working brain would fear Islam.

dokyOloye:

Islam is a ruse.
An Arab political ideology with the aims of world domination by unrestrained childbirth,terrorism and every every.
Not religion as a whole.

You can believe whatever you want to

Religion is a ruse

If Christians start retaliating atrocities of Muslims, no Muslim will remain on this surface of earth


These Muslims should be very careful.. They shouldn't start what they can't finish.. If you give them their own dosage now they will start playing the victim card by applying taquia.

sarrki:
Truly religion is a ruse

It’s all lies

Islam is a ruse. Stop hiding under the generality of religion to hide the abomination called Islam.

barojana:

Islam is a ruse, not religion... Stop hiding under the generality of religion to hide the criminality and abomination called Islam......

Ignorance is a disease

The two religion are aliens to most people practicing it

It’s either they are forced to accept it or brainwashed

Religion is a ruse

sarrki:
Truly religion is a ruse

It’s all lies

you rather generalize instead of calling a spade by its name just because you support Buhari who happens to be a Muslim fanatic, terrorist and jihadist old vagabond

Typical apc supporter
they know the truth, see the truth but choose to remain and feed on lies just for their own selfish gains

Tufiakwa!

oilPUSSY:
If Christians start retaliating atrocities of Muslims, no Muslim will remain in this surface of earth

Stop pretending to be am half clever

Both religion are epidemic to global peace

Nebuchadnezar:
you rather generalize instead of calling a spade by its name just because you support Buhari who happens to be a Muslim fanatic, terrorist and jihadidt old vagabond

Typical apc supporter
they know the truth, see the truth but choose to remain and feed on lies just for their own selfish gains

Tufiakwa!

You lack sense of reasoning

I support him for his way of life

His simple way of life

His honest and modest way

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sarrki:


Ignorance is a disease

The two religion are aliens to most people practicing it

It’s either they are forced to accept it or brainwashed

Religion is a ruse

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Christianity can never be compare to a religion that kills people not from their religion
no matter the amount of brainwashing it can never be compared to spilling of innocent blood.
stop beating around the bush to sound politically correct because Buhari whom you support is a Muslim
call bad thing a bad thing
typical apc deceiving themselves

sarrki:


Ignorance is a disease

The two religion are aliens to most people practicing it

It’s either they are forced to accept it or brainwashed

Religion is a ruse

Nobody forced my forefathers to accept christianity and if I convert today,nobody will threaten me.
Compare with Islam which was introduced with the sword everywhere,where you have an official death threat from d so Called prophet hanging over your head if you choose to leave the cult group called Islam.

Can't we just for once, let's say for a year, decide not to engage in violent related acts.....?


Nawa o

sarrki:


Stop pretending to be am half clever

Both religion are epidemic to global peace

Europe, North America, Australia are all products of Christian homogeneity prior to the 21st century. They wers never perfect but we see what Christianity produced in those nations... Now looking at the products of secularism/atheism in China and North Korea, the blood trail of islam we can boldy say the world has proved Christianity to be the most forward thinking, progressive religion/ideology.

My religion, Christianity ended the killing of twins and human sacrifice in Nigeria, gave the world awesome universities like Yale, Harvard and the likes. My religion, Christianity runs the highest number of Orphanages, home for the elderlies in the world. My religion Christianity laid the foundation for Gender equality by the propagation of monogamy.


Islam on the other hand has left a trail of blood every where with nothing tangible to show for it existence. Islamic nations that have thrived economically did so DESPITE Islam and not because of it. The religion has murdered innocent people and have turned young men into monsters while turning young women into psychological and physical slaves.

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sarrki:


You lack sense of reasoning

I support him for his way of life

His simple way of life

His honest and modest way

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trash
you can support him for his blood sucking way of life
nobody gives a flying fork
sensible Nigerians and the world knows that Buhari is an incompetent blood sucking jihadist and terrorist

Stop the double standard you don't want to criticize Buhari's religion because you're scared your fellow zbs will get angry at you
stop forming neutral
we all know the religion that terrorise the innocent
and that's what Buhari is practicing

kiss the truth

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sarrki:


Stop pretending to be am half clever

Both religion are epidemic to global peace

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shutup
you're the one trying to play smart here
we all know the religion that has killed millions in the past 10 years
the so called religion of peace
stop forming neutral just because Buhari is a Muslim and a jihadist fanatic terrorist

you can only fool yourself not us

This is very bad

Is this what Islam all about?

Religion of blood shed

I suspected so. They don’t really forgive like Christians

Xtains don't act like terrorist, I doubt if the killing carried out in New Zealand was done by a Christian.

barojana:

Islam is a ruse, not religion... Stop hiding under the generality of religion to hide the criminality and abomination called Islam......

When the prior attack happened on New Zealand, you didnt curse christianity and Christians but here we are now. The guy is perfectly right, religion is a curse and abrahamovic religions are the worst cancers to ever exist.

More bad name for the hopeless religion

Last time somebody drew a cartoon of Mohammed in Denmark and several Nigerians lost their lives in Nigeria in ensuing riots in Bauchi and Kaduna.

Those children in Sri Lanka who were dressed to receive their first communion and killed in the bomb blast perhaps have never heard the name New Zealand in their young lives, neither are they White Supremacists who attacked Mosques.

But Islam said that the unlawful killing of one human is like killing the whole of humanity. We have all been diminished by this heinous crime

Woe betide Islam

Hmmmm

sarrki:


Stop pretending to be am half clever

Both religion are epidemic to global peace

LOL, Sarrki is now a Babalawo