The Easter attacks of 2019 killed four Chinese marine research scientists at the Kingsbury hotel, which overlooks the Colombo harbour- South Asia’s busiest port. The Easter 2019 attacks were a complex logistical operation – suicide attacks in 6 different sea-front locations. [ii]Common Geopolitical Economic Pattern in the CrimesThere is a common thread, pattern, motives and interests in these two crimes committed in Geostrategic Sri Lanka- Easter 2019 and IRIS Dena 2026. The Easter Sunday 2019 attacks in Sri Lanka killed people of many nationalities and injured many more. Were the 2019 Easter attacks that aborted the Chinese research vessel’s visit to Sri Lanka primarily to send a strong message to the rising Asian Superpower?

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2026 02:19 UTC