We are living in fucked up world where human life doesn't matter much these days. everyday bad news keeps coming out. Last month shooting in New Zealand mosque before that suicide bomber attack on Indian forces. Recently one of our fellow bitcoiner "Elwar" got in trouble.
And now multiple Bomb blasts in Srilanka. Perpetrators targeted 3 hotels and 3 churches when they were holding Easter services this morning. At least 160 died and more than 500 people Injured in this heinous attack.
As of now no group took responsibility for this attack and according to news Srilanka authorities didn't gave any official statement and details regarding investigation.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/blasts-hit-two-sri-lanka-churches-during-easter-mass-80-injured/articleshow/68973838.cmshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/apr/21/sri-lanka-explosions-dozens-killed-and-hundreds-injured-in-church-and-hotel-blasts
Edit 1Death number keep increasing, as of now 207 people died and number can increase because more than 500 people are injured. news are coming that one more bomb went off recently and it was suicide bomber,
The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka and The All Ceylon Jammiyyathul Ulama, a body of Muslim clerics, condemning these bomb attacks.
@Spendulus Thanks, I will update more details regarding Terrorist group after confirmation from my source. but as of now Srilankan police arrested 13 suspects and found one safe house which was used by suspected terrorists.
@iwantapony thanks, details confirmed and updated.
Edit 2Majority of attacks were carried by Suicide bombers and All suicide bombers are believed to be Sri Lankan nationalsLast night I found out that one of my colleague went missing in the Srilanka, I used to work with him and was not in contact with him for a while. one of my OZ client contacted me and said that he's missing since the bombing and he's not able to contact him. i tried to contact him but no response so far, I can only pray for him that he and his family members are safe.
Source : Live feed https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-suspects-arrested-in-sri-lanka-over-easter-sunday-bombings/Ten days before the attacks, Sri Lanka’s police chief issued a nationwide alert warning top officers that suicide bombers planned to target “prominent churches,” according to the warning seen by AFP.
“A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ (National Thowheeth Jama’ath) is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo,” said the alert, which was sent by police chief Pujuth Jayasundara to senior police officials.
The NTJ is a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka that came to notice last year when it was linked to the vandalization of Buddhist statues.
Edit 3Sri Lanka says Easter bombing spree that killed 321 people was 'retaliation' for the mosque shootings in New Zealandhttps://qr.ae/TWp4fV
Edit 4My friend is safe in srilanka.
Dead toll revised by Srilanka and
Health minister said that 253 people died instead of 359 in this terrorist attack.
After identifying the bombers community is shocked that some of them were not poor or uneducated people but millionaires and belongs to good families. This shows how Islamists extremists corrupting the Mind and pushing them to become Suicide bombers. Muslim Community need some serious soul searching here.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-wealthy-family-behind-sri-lanka-s-suicide-attacks/story-cbKVXrruyramfzgORMDKUJ.htmlThis madness is not stopping here after these bomb attack, Sadly one of the most persecuted and humble sect of Islam is taking punches after this terrorist attack. "
Ahmadiyya community" and they are the same people who fled from their home country Pakistan to save themselves because " Pakistan don't consider Ahmadiyya as a Muslim"
https://thelogicalindian.com/news/sri-lanka-communal-tensions-rise/
Edit 5Srilanka Banned the 2 Islamist terrorist groups Exclusive: Bitcoin donations to ISIS soared day before Sri Lanka bombingsWhitestream found that on the day before the bombings, there was a sharp rise of hundreds of percent in the bitcoin balance held by CoinPayments, a company through which donations to ISIS are changed into bitcoin from regular currency. On April 20, the day before the Easter attacks, the balance in the main wallet of CoinPayments rose from just $500,000 to $4.5 million.
The following day on which the lethal attacks took place, the wallet's balance dropped back to $500,000, the same as the average daily monthly balance during the previous nine months.
Whitestream said, "CoinPayments admits that there wallet was involved but denies that it is connected to ISIS. It's possible that the company is not aware about the usage of their wallets, erhaps because ISIS uses straw companies in order to transfer the money.
Levy told "Globes" about the process by which Whitestream identifies usage by ISIS of a bitcoin wallet. "Firstly we identified a certain bitcoin address that received several donations at different times, and we succeeded in verifying that two of the donations came from the address that was presented on ISIS's donations website. Even though the amount on this address was only several dollars, through this wallet we were able to identify that ISIS collects the donations via CoinPayments. This address is just a junction, which reveals the link between CoinPayments and ISIS's donations. Our assumption is that the terrorist organization probably possesses many bitcoin addresses through CoinPayments, with every donation sent to a different address. On the day before the Sri Lanka terror attacks we identified two relatively big transactions at this address with bitcoins worth about $9,800."
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-exclusive-isis-funded-sri-lanka-bombings-with-bitcoin-donations-1001284276
Edit 9May 07, 2019https://www.news18.com/news/world/all-suspects-in-sri-lanka-bomb-blasts-arrested-or-dead-says-police-chief-2130811.htmlSmall updates: Please check Edit 14
From now on- will update the News once in a Month in case of important update on case.
Thanks
Prez denies knowledge of impending attack on April 21President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that media reports claiming that he had been informed about the impending Easter Sunday attack were absolutely false, the President’s Media Division said.
It said in a statement that there were media reports of a statement made by the Head of the National Intelligence Service, while giving evidence at the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to look into the April 21 terrorist attacks.
The media reports stated that the National Security Council did not meet after February 2019.
As there were media reports appearing unofficially on the proceedings of the NSC, it was decided to establish an NSC with a new format and this has been in operation for more than one year. The new NSC has been meeting every two weeks and, on some occasions the President has convened the meetings of the NSC every week, it said.
Furthermore, on April 8, 2019, the President has convened the monthly meeting of the Inspector General of Police and senior police officers.
Extremists replacing Sinhala signboards with those in Arabic: PrelateA group of extremists has been active in fixing signboards with Arabic names to Muhudu Maha Vihara Mawatha and other streets in the town, said Ven. Warakapola Indrasiri Nayake Thera, Eastern Province Sangha Nayake and Chief Incumbent of Muhudu Maha Viharaya in Pottuvil.
Playing politics with TerrorismMedia, both mainstream and social, and certain politicians have completely diverted the attention of the country and the authorities from the terrorism that wreaked havoc on Easter Sunday on April 21. The whole country is now chasing a perceived enemy totally forgetting the real enemy.
The real enemy is the remnants, if any, of the members of the National Thawheed Jama’ath (NTJ) with the indoctrination of hate against other religious communities and the other Muslims who are not prepared to toe their line. The real enemy that might be waiting to cause another disaster is the ideology that drove NTJ leader Zahran Hashim and his cohorts to cold-bloodedly kill hundreds of men women and children.
Edit 15: 25 June 2019Sri Lanka Muslim Government Leaders Resign Over AllegationsJUNE 8 : Sri Lankan Muslim politicians holding top government positions have resigned, saying they want to enable the government to investigate allegations against some of them on links to Islamic extremist militants.
Nine Cabinet and junior ministers and two provincial governors resigned Monday, days after a Buddhist monk began a fast demanding the expulsion of three leaders whom he said were linked to a Muslim group responsible for the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people.
Rauf Hakeem, a lawmaker for Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, says they asked the government to investigate the allegations amid an anti-Muslim hate campaign.
Source 1 : ColomboPage, Sri Lanka Internet Newspaper= Emergency ExtendedJune 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka government has issued an Extraordinary Gazette notification extending the Emergency Regulations for another month, from today, June 22.
The Extraordinary Gazette issued by President's Secretary Udaya R. Seneviratne upon the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena says the emergency was extended in the best interest of public security.
"I am of the opinion that by the reason of a public emergency in Sri Lanka, it is expedient, so to do, in the interest of public security, the preservation of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the Community," the Extraordinary Gazette says.
The State of Emergency was initially imposed on April 22 following the Easter Sunday suicide attacks on April 21
Source 2 : Sri Lanka extends Emergency for another month
Invisible force is behind Easter attacks, not ISIS - HakeemJune 24, Former Minister Rauff Hakeem says he does not believe the fact that the ISIS is behind the terror attacks on Easter Sunday.Addressing a public meeting held in Thalathuoya area, the minister stressed that an invisible force is behind these attacks.The former minister emphasized that a fair investigation should be conducted into the terror attacks.
Tensions after Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka concern UNHRC Chief June 25, Colombo: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressing concern over the religious and ethnic tensions arose in Sri Lanka following the terrorist attacks by Muslim Jihadists on Easter Sunday, said the friction between the government and the President is a human right concern.
Delivering the opening statement at the 41st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva Monday, Bachelet said she is disturbed by the attacks on the Muslims following the Easter Sunday bombings and hate speech by some religious leaders.
"In Sri Lanka, I am concerned that the terrorist attacks two months ago have fuelled increasing tensions," she said adding that she is disturbed by reports of anti-Muslim attacks.