The first elements of the investigation into the attacks that killed 310 people in Sri Lanka, including churches, show that they were carried out in retaliation for the carnage of the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Sri Lankan Minister of Defense.
The attack killed 50 people on 15 March. "Preliminary investigations revealed that what happened in Sri Lanka was done in retaliation for the attack on the Muslims of Christchurch," Ruwan Wijewardene told parliament in reference to the attack that made 50 died on March 15 in two mosques in the big city of southern New Zealand.