<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-21 Ephreli 2019, ngeSonto lePhasika, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okubulalayo  <response>: kwenzeka emasontweni amathathu nasemahhotela amahlanu emadolobheni amaningana kuhlanganise naseColombo. Kamuva kwaqhuma iziqhumane ezincane ezakhiweni zezindlu nasehhotela, kwafa iningi lamaphoyisa ayephenya ngalesi simo futhi ehlasela izindawo ezisolisayo. Okungenani abantu abangu - 259 babulawa, kuhlanganise nezakhamuzi zakwamanye amazwe ezingu - 45, futhi kwalimala abangaphezu kuka - 500 ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu. Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu esontweni kwenziwa ngesikhathi semisa lePhasika eNegombo, eBatticaloa naseColombo; amahhotela aqhunyiswa ngamabhomu ahlanganisa amahhotela aseShangri-La, eCinnamon Grand naseKingsbury eColombo. I-Islamic State iye yaziphendulela ngalokhu kuhlasela, kodwa iqembu eliyinhloko elibhekene nokuqhuma kwamabhomu yiNational Thowheeth Jamaath, inhlangano yamaphekula yaseSri Lanka. 