Opinion: There has been a notable penetration of Wahhabi ideology and money into Sri Lanka in the past decade, but the impact has—until Sunday—been cultural and social, writes tunkuv.
Islamist suicide bombers blew themselves up in three Roman Catholic churches and three luxury hotels on Easter morning in Sri Lanka, killing 290 people and wounding more than 400.
The time of the attacks appears to have been chosen to maximize casualties: The Catholics were gathered at prayer, the hotels teeming with festive guests at breakfast. One pitiless bomber waited in a buffet line that included families with children. He detonated himself at the food station as a waiter served him.
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