Sri Lanka imposes emergency after attacks

By Sanjeev Miglani
Updated April 22 2019 - 10:48pm, first published 10:46pm
Sri Lanka will impose a nationwide emergency from midnight local time on Monday.
Sri Lanka will impose a nationwide emergency from midnight local time on Monday.

Sri Lanka has invoked emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, in which 290 people were killed, including two Australians and nearly 500 wounded.

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