Official: Sri Lanka Easter Bombings Retaliation for Christchurch Mosque Shootings by Joanna Slater, Amantha Perera and Shibani Mahtani – Washington Post
Sri Lanka on Tuesday described the devastating string of bombings on Easter that killed 321 people as a response to the attack on two mosques in New Zealand last month.
Three hotels and three churches were attacked by suicide bombers on Sunday belonging to the radical Islamist group National Thowheed Jamaath in an operation that authorities appear to have had advance warning about.
“Investigations have revealed that the attacks were carried out in retaliation to the mosque attacks in Christchurch New Zealand,” State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene told parliament. On March 15, a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims in two mosques.
He did not offer any evidence for the connection and also acknowledged there were security lapses that allowed the attacks to occur…