▁J ama ' ath ▁is ▁a ▁local ▁milit ant ▁Islam ist ▁group ▁with ▁sus pected ▁foreign ▁t ies , ▁known ▁for ▁attacks ▁against ▁Buddh ists ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁brut al ▁murder ▁of ▁two ▁police ▁officers ▁Gan esh ▁D ines h ▁and ▁N iro sh an ▁Ind ika . ▁However , ▁its ▁major ▁terror ist ▁act ▁was ▁reported ▁during ▁E aster ▁Sunday ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁when ▁suic ide ▁bom bers ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁attacked ▁three ▁Catholic ▁churches ▁in ▁Col om bo , ▁Neg om bo ▁and ▁Batt ical oa ▁and ▁three ▁lux ury ▁hot els ▁in ▁Col om bo . ▁ 2 5 9 ▁people ▁were ▁killed , ▁including ▁at ▁least ▁ 4 5 ▁foreign ers , ▁and ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 ▁more ▁were ▁injured . ▁On ▁ 2 7 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁security ▁forces ▁and ▁milit ants ▁from ▁National ▁Th ow he eth ▁J ama ' ath ▁cl ashed ▁after ▁the ▁security ▁forces ▁ra ided ▁a ▁safe ▁house ▁of ▁the ▁milit ants . ▁Six teen ▁people , ▁including ▁six ▁children , ▁died ▁during ▁the ▁ra id , ▁and ▁two ▁more ▁were ▁injured , ▁as ▁three ▁corner ed ▁suic ide ▁bom bers ▁ble w ▁themselves ▁up . ▁ ▁T error ist ▁attacks ▁▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁terror ists ▁attacks ▁have ▁occurred ▁in ▁Sri ▁L anka , ▁spe cially ▁during ▁the ▁periods ▁of ▁civil ▁war ▁( 1 9