The Christian minority faces violence and discrimination in Sri Lanka, but attacks on this scale are without precedent.
Blood spatter mark a wall and statue after a blast at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 21 at 11:57 AM No group or individual has asserted responsibility for the attacks on churches and hotels that killed more than 200 people and injured more than 400 in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
Fewer than 8 percent of the roughly 20 million people in Sri Lanka are Christian . Seventy percent are Buddhist, according to the country’s 2012 census, 12.6 percent are Hindu and 9.7 percent are Muslim. Religious groups in Sri Lanka Violent attacks on this scale against churches are without precedent in Sri Lanka. The Christian minority, however, does face violence and discrimination.
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