{"id":200785,"date":"2019-04-22T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=200785"},"modified":"2019-04-23T09:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T04:08:55","slug":"new-explosion-near-mlulti-religious-kochchikade-palliya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/new-explosion-near-mlulti-religious-kochchikade-palliya\/","title":{"rendered":"New Explosion Near Multi-Religious Kochchikade Palliya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh explosion has been reported near\u00a0St. Anthony\u2019s Church in Kochchikade, the\u00a0Church, in the heart of Colombo\u2019s old city, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/geopolitical-framings-on-the-appearance-of-apparently-religious-violence-in-sri-lanka\/\"><strong>a famous multi-religious site<\/strong><\/a> and a church with a long history of attracting believers of all faiths \u2013 Buddhist, Hindus and occasional Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>The Church is one of the sites targeted on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the explosion occurred in a van near the church and was disposed in controlled explosion at the site by the Bomb Disposal Unit a short while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-25-killed-and-250-injured-on-easter-sunday-bombing\/\"><strong>Sri Lanka: 290 Killed And 500 Injured On Easter Sunday Bombing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/easter-sunday-bombing-questions-to-minister-of-defence-law-order-of-sri-lanka\/\"><strong>Easter Sunday Bombing: Questions To Minister Of Defence, Law &amp; Order Of Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":200786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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