SL carnage response to Christchurch massacre: Minister
SL carnage response to Christchurch massacre: Minister
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Colombo, April 22, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Passengers queue up for taxi at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2019. The death toll from the multiple blasts that ripped through Sri Lanka on Sunday rose to 228 while 450 others were injured, local media quoting hospital sources said. (Xinhua/Wang Shen/IANS)
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Colombo, April 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene on Tuesday said that the Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 310 people were a response to the mass shooting at mosques in Christchurch in March.
Wijewardene told a special sitting of Parliament that investigations had shown that "this attack was carried out in retaliation for the attack against Muslims in Christchurch" that left 50 people dead.
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