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The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign 2nd leg clash between Sri Lanka and Macau was unable to take part as the Macanese squad refused to travel to Sri Lanka amidst the concern after the Easter bombings. [274] FIFA subsequently declared the match forfeited, and awarded a 3–0 win to Sri Lanka, thus qualifying the team for the second round ...
Surviving statue of Risen Jesus with blast marks and human blood after the Easter attack. On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, the church was one in a series of targets of a string of bomb blasts across Sri Lanka. [2] Media reported at least 93 people killed at the church, [3] UNICEF reported that 27 children died and 10 children were injured. [4]
Sri Lanka Armed Forces [36] Attack on Tamil passengers on the Jaffna-Colombo train: 5 June 1983: Vavuniya: Civilians assaulted. Air Force [37] Attacks on Tamils in Trincomalee: 3-30 June 1983: Trincomalee: 19: 100+ injured, 214 houses bombed and burnt, 21 shops destroyed, 8 Hindu temples burnt: Armed Forces [38] [37] [39] 1983 anti-Tamil pogrom ...
The St. Sebastian's Church, Negombo, also known as St. Sebastian's Church, Wellaweediya, is a Roman Catholic church in Negombo, in Sri Lanka. [1] It is architecturally based on the Reims Cathedral in France and is built in Gothic Revival style. [2] Saint Sebastian is the patron saint of the city of Negombo.
Sri Lanka sent hundreds of soldiers to key hospitals to help look after patients on Thursday, as hospital orderlies and administrative staff launched a one-day strike nationwide over allowances.
At present there are 72 judicial divisions in Sri Lanka. [2] It has jurisdiction of; criminal cases filed under the penal code and other laws within its jurisdiction. First mortem examinations. Post mortem examinations. Issue of Warrants of Judicial orders to arrest and produce suspected persons. Issue of search warrants.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer and the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung condemned the shooting in Rambukkana and urged to maintain peace, law and order. [ 403 ] [ 404 ] The ambassador of Germany to Sri Lanka Holger Seubert praised the protests for being conducted in a peaceful manner.
The Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots were a series of religiously motivated riots targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka. The riots originated as isolated incidents in the aftermath of the Easter bombings in the nation, [ 2 ] beginning in Chilaw and subsequently spreading to much of the Northwestern Province .