Sri Lanka Attacks Carried out by Suicide Bombers: Investigator

Sri Lanka Attacks Carried out by Suicide Bombers: Investigator
A security officer stands in front of St. Anthony's shrine in Colombo, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, on April 22, 2019. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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COLOMBO—Seven suicide bombers took part in the devastating attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500, a senior investigator said on April 22.
Two of the suicide bombers blew themselves up at the luxury Shangri-La Hotel on Colombo’s seafront, said Ariyananda Welianga, a senior official at the government’s forensic division. The others targeted three churches and two other hotels.