Hundreds killed and injured in coordinated attacks on churches and hotels on the South Asian island.
From: The Listening Post
Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Debating the social media clampdown
Was the social media ban after the Easter bombings necessary? Plus, yellow vest protesters tussle with French media.
27 Apr 2019
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![A man mourns at a grave of a victim, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/278a297094de4b4bad2cc05ca86ed974_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Sri Lanka held a day of national mourning on Tuesday with three minutes of silence for the more than 320 people killed.
![A Pakistan Army soldier guards the area struck by Indian military planes on February 26, 2019 in Jaba village near Balakot, Pakistan [File: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2019-03-07T175036Z_199746796_RC1D4B20E5A0_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-KASHMIR-PAKISTAN-MADRASA.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![The US flew a B-52 'presence patrol' over the Middle East on Sunday [Courtesy: US Central Command]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/B-52.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![An empty arrivals and departures security point at the Qantas terminal at Sydney Airport. Australia says it may keep its borders close throughout 2021 even as it rolls out vaccinations [File: Bianca de Marchi/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56174906-1.jpg?resize=170%2C113)