04-22-2019, 10:17 AM
-- Sri Lanka is about 70% Buddhist, with Hindus, Christians, and Muslims comprising most of the rest of the population. Sunday's attacks were the deadliest in Sri Lanka since the end of the country's civil war in 2009. Historical inter-ethnic imbalances between majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil populations are alleged to have created the background for the origin of the war.
--The civil war ended with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers who had fought the government for 26 years for an independent homeland for the minority ethnic Tamils. Between 70,000 and 80,000 people are believed to have died in the conflict.
--The nation has seen some sporadic violence since. In March 2018, a state of emergency was declared after members of the majority Buddhist Sinhala community attacked mosques and Muslim-owned properties.
--The victims of the Easter 2019 bombings were mostly Christians.
Refs:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48012085
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation...amil_Eelam
--The civil war ended with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers who had fought the government for 26 years for an independent homeland for the minority ethnic Tamils. Between 70,000 and 80,000 people are believed to have died in the conflict.
--The nation has seen some sporadic violence since. In March 2018, a state of emergency was declared after members of the majority Buddhist Sinhala community attacked mosques and Muslim-owned properties.
--The victims of the Easter 2019 bombings were mostly Christians.
Refs:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48012085
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation...amil_Eelam