The hotel was the site of a bomb explosion at around 2 pm on 21 April 2019 as part of the series of Easter Sunday explosions in the country . The Tropical Inn was the fourth hotel ( and seventh location ) to be bombed , after the Cinnamon Grand Hotel , The Kingsbury and Shangri-La Hotel were targeted earlier in the day , with two casualties reported
series of Easter Sunday explosions
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
Tropical Inn