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12:48am, 3rd May, 2019

Churches in Sri Lankan capital cancel Sunday mass due to threat

Sri Lanka's Catholic churches have canceled Sunday mass in the capital Colombo for a second straight week, citing foreign intelligence warnings of threats to worshippers in the wake of the deadly Easter bombings on churches and hotels.

Churches fall silent in Sri Lanka a week after attacks

12:11am, 28th April, 2019

World

Churches fall silent in Sri Lanka a week after attacks

Churches across Sri Lanka suspended Sunday mass as security concerns remained high a week after suicide bombers killed over 250 in churches and hotels across the island nation.

Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks

10:34pm, 25th April, 2019

World

Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks

Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not attend mosques or churches after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, amid fears of retaliatory violence for the Easter Sunday bombings.

Bombs kill more than 200 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels on Easter Sunday

9:13am, 21st April, 2019

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Bombs kill more than 200 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels on Easter Sunday

Over 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.

Bombs kill 138, wound hundreds in Easter attacks on Sri Lanka churches, hotels

5:05am, 21st April, 2019

World

Bombs kill 138, wound hundreds in Easter attacks on Sri Lanka churches, hotels

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and four hotels killed 138 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago.

Easter Day bomb blasts kill more than 20 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels

12:59am, 21st April, 2019

World

Easter Day bomb blasts kill more than 20 in Sri Lankan churches, hotels

Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three hotels killed more than 20 people and wounded nearly 300, a hospital official and police sources said.

Son of sheriff's deputy charged with burning three Louisiana black churches

4:55pm, 11th April, 2019

US

Son of sheriff's deputy charged with burning three Louisiana black churches

The son of a sheriff's deputy was charged with burning down three predominately black churches in southern Louisiana over the past two weeks, officials said on Thursday, saying they acted quickly out of concern he would strike again.

White man, son of sheriff's deputy, charged with burning down Louisiana black churches

12:39pm, 11th April, 2019

US

White man, son of sheriff's deputy, charged with burning down Louisiana black churches

The son of a sheriff's deputy was charged with burning down three predominately black churches in southern Louisiana over the past two weeks, officials said on Thursday, saying they acted quickly out of concern he would strike again.

Suspect arrested in fires at three black churches in Louisiana

1:13am, 11th April, 2019

US

Suspect arrested in fires at three black churches in Louisiana

Police have arrested a man suspected of setting fire to three predominately black churches in a southern Louisiana parish, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Fires at three black churches trigger call for arsonist's surrender

4:05pm, 8th April, 2019

US

Fires at three black churches trigger call for arsonist's surrender

A U.S. congressman from Louisiana has urged anyone responsible for burning down three predominantly black churches in the state to come forward, as state and federal authorities investigate what appears to have been coordinated arson.

Suspicious blazes destroy three predominantly black Louisiana churches

12:46am, 7th April, 2019

US

Suspicious blazes destroy three predominantly black Louisiana churches

Federal and state officials in Louisiana are investigating suspicious fires that destroyed three predominantly black churches in 10 days in one mostly rural parish, authorities said on Saturday.