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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign 2nd leg clash between Sri Lanka and Macau was unable to take part as the Macanese squad refused to travel to Sri Lanka amidst the concern after the Easter bombings. [272] FIFA subsequently declared the match forfeited, and awarded a 3–0 win to Sri Lanka, thus qualifying the team for the second round ...
Surviving statue of Risen Jesus with blast marks and human blood after the Easter attack. On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. [2] Media reported at least 93 people killed at the church, [3] UNICEF reported that 27 children died and 10 children were injured. [4]
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings (17 P) Pages in category "Church bombings in Sri Lanka" This category contains only the following page.
Pages in category "Attacks on churches in Sri Lanka" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Pesalai Church attack; S. 2019 Sri Lanka Easter ...
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Navaly church bombing - At least 125 civilians died when on 9 July 1995, the Sri Lanka Air Force struck the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Navaly. 1999 Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing - On 15 September, the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed a town under the control of the LLTE, killing at least 21.
The St. Sebastian's Church, Negombo, also known as St. Sebastian's Church, Wellaweediya, is a Roman Catholic church in Negombo, in Sri Lanka. [1] It is architecturally based on the Reims Cathedral in France and is built in Gothic Revival style. [2] Saint Sebastian is the patron saint of the city of Negombo.
On 26 April 2019, Sri Lankan security forces and National Thowheeth Jama'ath militants linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed when the security forces raided a house in the town of Sainthamaruthu in Ampara District at around 7:30 pm. The house had been used by the militants to manufacture explosives and suicide vests.