Society/Culture At Least 42 Dead And Hundreds Injured In Church And Hotel Bombings (Now 259 Dead)

[YippeeYiYeo]

Oh

No. Have you? They use the word terrorist in the news.com.au, the Age and the Australian... think you might making this up.

Not sure if you realise this but Sri Lanka isn't in New Zealand? And the "Catholic robes" as you call them (vestments) are worn by the clergy, not sure why you think Adern would wear them as agnostic... would be a bit offensive to Catholic's yeah?

Yes how dare the Sri Lankan government shut down messaging services in the wake of a terrorist attack where hundreds have been killed so that more people don't get killed.

Dkhds!

Oh look another extreme left poster who rather than condemn the attacks decides to target posters in the thread. What a surprise!

 

[Frank Bunn]

Be a good time for ABC News channel to show Al Jazeera English or BBC World News. No, let's watch normal junk until norms have gone to bed.

I searched all TV channels including dedicated news channels expecting it to be a covered live on multiple channels as it was a developing story. Just got regular programming and a ticker tape feed on Fox news.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Be a good time for ABC News channel to show Al Jazeera English or BBC World News. No, let's watch normal junk until norms have gone to bed.

I've got full Foxtel and when I was looking a few hours ago not one single news service had anything on it apart from the ticker tape down the bottom.

ABC, BBC, CNN, Fox, Fox UK, Fox USA, Al Jazeera

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

Perfect example of MSM downplaying the terrorist attack: cites 3 police officers killed in the headline- not the 207 confirmed dead and hundreds more injured.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Some suggestion it could've been carried out by IS operatives financed by a master criminal by the name of Makandure Madush, if not orchestrated by ISIS outright.

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

Suicide bomber - as in singular... umm no. 7 suspects already arrested not to mention the bombers who killed themselves.

This attack is far bigger than the Christchurch incident yet receiving a fraction of the news coverage. Pathetic.

 

[its free real estate]

The eighth bombing was during a police raid on suspects' apartments. Sounds like a group of people got caught by police at their home and decided to take themselves and police out. Interested to know whether more bombings were planned.

Was in a suburb with a high Muslim population, across the road from a mosque apparently.

 

[halalsnackpack]

I wonder if the prime minister of Sri Lanka will dress up as Jesus and tell everyone to wear pope hats?

 

[halalsnackpack]

Suicide bomber - as in singular... umm no. 7 suspects already arrested not to mention the bombers who killed themselves.

This attack is far bigger than the Christchurch incident yet receiving a fraction of the news coverage. Pathetic.

Doesn't fit the narrative

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Dunno if anyone here realises this but the perpetrator in Christchurch was an Australian citizen and also FYI New Zealand happens to be right next to Australia on a map. In fact, New Zealand is so close that you can actually fly there from Victoria in less time it would take to fly from Victoria to Perth.

... and Murali is a chucker not fit to tie warnie's laces and Ranatunga was a fat, abrasive ****.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Habits for Harmony.

 

[Taylor]

Doesn't fit the narrative

Western media has historically not paid much attention to overseas deaths when the people dying are of a darker skin tone.

Rwanda springs to mind.

 

[halalsnackpack]

Western media has historically not paid much attention to overseas deaths when the people dying are of a darker skin tone.

Rwanda springs to mind.

Nothing to do with skin tone. If this happened in somewhere like Japan, Singapore or Korea it would be just as big as if it were in Europe.

For better or for worse, when the third world experiences violence it doesn't make the news as much as when the first world does

 

[its free real estate]

The Mumbai attacks were covered fairly extensively from memory. The Sri Lankan authorities have seemingly done a decent job of keeping things under wraps, therefore not feeding any narrative: obviously they want to minimise reprisals.

 

[Mr Blicavs]

some people did something... nothing to see here

 

[Taylor]

Is there less revenge stirred up when the perpetrators have exploded?

When there is a detained attacker it seems to keep the story in the headlines as shock and sadness find a new home to turn to anger towards.

 

[petedavo]

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[Jobe Watson]

This is why religion, of any kind, should not be promoted. Another 200+ people killed because "my God is better than yours!".

Makes me sick when I see politicians pandering to people who believe in irrational fairytales.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Social Media shutdown:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ess-to-major-social-media-sites-idUSKCN1RX08P

What is the justification of shut down of social media in Sri Lanka due to this?

 

[petedavo]

Reports of further blasts in Jaffna appear to be fake.


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