Sri Lanka Terror Attack: 99 Killed, many Injured as 6 Blasts Rock Churches, Hotels on Easter
Our Correspondent / New Delhi
Responding to the deadliest explosions in Sri Lanka, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that she is in close touch with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo and that the government was closely monitoring the situation in the neighboring country.
For Indian citizens in Sri Lanka requiring any assistance, the Indian embassy in Sri Lanka has tweeted out helpline numbers.
Explosions have been reported in Colombo and Batticaloa today. We are closely monitoring the situation. Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification may call the following numbers : +94777903082 +94112422788 +94112422789
More than 100 people feared dead and several injured as six explosions ripped through Sri Lanka’s churches and popular hotels on Sunday morning. Worshippers were targeted at the Kochikade, St Sebastian and Batticaloa churches during Easter mass. The other locations are Hotel Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury hotel.
Death Toll Reaches 160 | The death toll in the Sri Lanka terror attacks has reached 160. Six blasts, at three churches and three hotels, ripped through Sri Lanka on Sunday morning. -(News 18)
There is an update from Colombo. There were three bomb blasts in Churches in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa. There have been three blasts in Shangrila, Cinnamon Grand Kingsbury hotels in Colombo. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) April 21, 2019
Colombo – I am in constant touch with Indian High Commissioner in Colombo. We are keeping a close watch on the situation. @IndiainSL
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) April 21, 2019
Explosions have been reported in Colombo and Batticaloa today. We are closely monitoring the situation. Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification may call the following numbers : +94777903082 +94112422788 +94112422789
— India in Sri Lanka (@IndiainSL) April 21, 2019
In addition to the numbers given below, Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification may also call the following numbers +94777902082 +94772234176
— India in Sri Lanka (@IndiainSL) April 21, 2019
I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of innocent lives in multiple bombings on Easter Sunday in Colombo #SriLanka.
My heartfelt condolences to the members of bereaved families and I wish a speedy recovery to the injured.#lka #SriLankaBlasts #Blasts
— Vice-President of India (@VPIndia) April 21, 2019