<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-21 Ephreli 2019, ngeSonto lePhasika,  <response>: Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okubulalayo 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. 