Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversary

Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversary

Sri Lanka on high alert after gunman targets church, suspect arrested, security heightened for Easter celebrations.

Shootings at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombing anniversary; no injuries reported but security on high alert

COLOMBO, April 19 — A gunman fired at a church in Sri Lanka, police said Saturday, with the country on high alert six years since Easter Sunday bombings killed hundreds. The gunman opened fire Friday at a church in Manampitiya, 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of the capital Colombo, a police statement said. The shooting damaged windows and no one was hurt, while a suspect has been arrested, police said. “Initial investigations suggest that …

Suspect arrested after shooting at church in Manampitiya

A suspect who opened fire at the Living Christ Church in the Ayurveda area of Manampitiya has been arrested, police confirmed today. MORE..

A man opened fire at a Sri Lankan church - He reportedly had a disagreement with the local pastor.

A man was arrested on Saturday, April 19, 2025, after being opened fire, without causing any injuries, on an evangelical church in central Sri Lanka. The incident took place in full commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the attacks which had killed 279 people and injured more than 500 people on Easter Day.

The Sixth Anniversary Of Easter Carnage - Colombo Telegraph

By Ameer Ali – Dr. Ameer Ali The Easter Sunday of 21st April 2019 was one of if not the bloodiest days in the history of Buddhist Sri Lanka. It was staged by a small group of religiously deranged Muslim mercenaries headed by a vagabond madrasa truant and backyard imam apparently hired by a politically ambitious cabal.  In a series of three articles under the heading “Anatomy of an Islamic Infamy” authored by this columnist and published in this …