April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka
The aftermath of a suicide bombing at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, one of three churches and three hotels that were hit by suicide bombers on the same day and almost simultaneously. ISIS militants are believed to be have been behind the attacks (ISIS claimed the bombings but wasn't verifiable) that, in total, killed 253 people and injured hundreds. A lone suicide bomber was responsible for the St. Sebastian's Church attack which killed 114 people..
This set of images is of the aftermath at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.
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2. CCTV camera caught images of the bomber making his way to the area of the church were he walked in and detonated the explosive device in his back-pack.
3. A camera inside the church shows the bomber walking to his selected stop - two doorways past the one he is walking by..
3. St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.
3. St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.
4. Moments after the bomb went off.
5. Same ^.
6. The explosive was packed with ball bearings, nails, and whatever else. The bomber walked into this doorway where these people took the main force of the blast.
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Many ISIS members were later arrested, including the wife of the suicide bomber who died in this attack.
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23. Not only pock marked walls, but also blood and flesh splattered walls.
23. This one might actually be from one the other targets, St. Anthony's Church.
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26. This statuette of Christ is at the pulpit, almost beside where the bomb went off.
The aftermath of a suicide bombing at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, one of three churches and three hotels that were hit by suicide bombers on the same day and almost simultaneously. ISIS militants are believed to be have been behind the attacks (ISIS claimed the bombings but wasn't verifiable) that, in total, killed 253 people and injured hundreds. A lone suicide bomber was responsible for the St. Sebastian's Church attack which killed 114 people..
This set of images is of the aftermath at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.
1.
2. CCTV camera caught images of the bomber making his way to the area of the church were he walked in and detonated the explosive device in his back-pack.
3. A camera inside the church shows the bomber walking to his selected stop - two doorways past the one he is walking by..
3. St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.
3. St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.
4. Moments after the bomb went off.
5. Same ^.
6. The explosive was packed with ball bearings, nails, and whatever else. The bomber walked into this doorway where these people took the main force of the blast.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
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15.
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Many ISIS members were later arrested, including the wife of the suicide bomber who died in this attack.
16.
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18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23. Not only pock marked walls, but also blood and flesh splattered walls.
23. This one might actually be from one the other targets, St. Anthony's Church.
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26. This statuette of Christ is at the pulpit, almost beside where the bomb went off.
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