Pada 21 April 2019, serangkaian ledakan dikabarkan di tiga gereja dan tiga hotel di beberapa kota di Sri Lanka, termasuk ibukotaibu kota [[Kolombo]]. SekitarSedikitnya 42192 orang, termasuk warga negara asing, tewas dan lebih dari 300469 orang mengalami luka-lukaterluka dalam pengeboman tersebut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/blasts-at-two-sri-lanka-churches-during-easter-mass-news-agency-afp-2026233|title=156 Dead In Blasts At Two Sri Lanka Churches During Easter Mass: Report|website=NDTV.com|access-date=21 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/multiple-explosions-in-sri-lanka-blasts-during-easter-sunday-service-in-colombo-1.851633|title=Multiple explosions in Sri Lanka: Blasts during Easter Sunday service in Colombo|website=The National|language=en|access-date=21 April 2019-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.ndtvreuters.com/world-newsarticle/blasts-at-twous-sri-lanka-blast-idUSKCN1RX038|title=Easter Day bombs kill 138 in attacks on Sri Lankan churches, hotels|date=21 April 2019|work=Reuters|access-during-easter-massdate=21 April 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref name=cnn-21apr2019>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/asia/sri-agencylanka-afp-2026233explosions/index.html|first1=Sugam|last1=Pokharel|first2=Euan|last2=McKirdy|title=80Sri InjuredLanka In Blastsblasts: At Twoleast 138 dead and more than 400 injured in multiple church and hotel explosions|date=21 April 2019|work=CNN|access-date=21 April 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/world/asia/sri-lanka-bombings.html|title=Sri Lanka Bombings at Churches Duringand EasterHotels Mass:Said Reportto Kill Almost 200|websitelast=NDTV.comBastians|first=Dharisha|date=21 April 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 April 2019|last2=Gettleman|first2=Jeffrey|language=en-04US|issn=0362-214331|last3=Schultz|first3=Kai}}</ref> Pengeboman gereja terjadi di [[Negombo]], [[Batticaloa]] dan [[Kolombo]] sementara tiga hotel yang menjadi target adalah hotel Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand dan Kingsbury di Kolombo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blasts hit churches and hotels across Sri Lanka |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48001720 |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |accessdate=April 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="multiple blasts">{{cite web |title=Multiple blasts hit Sri Lanka churches, hotels on Easter Sunday |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/multiple-blasts-hit-sri-lanka-churches-hotels-easter-sunday-190421050357452.html |website=aljazeera.com |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |accessdate=21 April 2019}}</ref>
