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2 Saudis among Victims of Sri Lanka Bombings

A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)
A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)
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2 Saudis among Victims of Sri Lanka Bombings

A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)
A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)

Two Saudi nationals were among the victims of the weekend’s terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, announced the Kingdom’s embassy in the country.

It identified the victims as Ahmed Zein al-Jaafari and Hani Majed Othman.

They were part of a ten-member Saudi Airlines staff that was in Sri Lanka following a flight to the country, it explained.

Director of the airline, Saleh al-Jasser, offered his condolences to the families of the victims.

The series of suicide attacks in Colombo on Easter Sunday targeted three churches and four luxury hotels that killed 290 people and wounded about 500.

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Russian Cargo Ship Which Sank off Spanish Coast Was Victim of ‘Act of Terrorism,’ RIA Cites Owner

In this handout image released by the Portuguese Navy on December 22, 2024, the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major is watched during a monitoring operation conducted by the Portuguese Navy along the Continental Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coast of Portugal. (Handout / Portuguese Navy / AFP)
In this handout image released by the Portuguese Navy on December 22, 2024, the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major is watched during a monitoring operation conducted by the Portuguese Navy along the Continental Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coast of Portugal. (Handout / Portuguese Navy / AFP)
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Russian Cargo Ship Which Sank off Spanish Coast Was Victim of ‘Act of Terrorism,’ RIA Cites Owner

In this handout image released by the Portuguese Navy on December 22, 2024, the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major is watched during a monitoring operation conducted by the Portuguese Navy along the Continental Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coast of Portugal. (Handout / Portuguese Navy / AFP)
In this handout image released by the Portuguese Navy on December 22, 2024, the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major is watched during a monitoring operation conducted by the Portuguese Navy along the Continental Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coast of Portugal. (Handout / Portuguese Navy / AFP)

A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major which sank in the Mediterranean Sea was the victim of "an act of terrorism," state news agency RIA cited the vessel's owner as saying on Wednesday.

The ship, built in 2009, sank after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its 16 crew were missing, the Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

RIA cited Oboronlogistika, the ship's ultimate owner and a company that is part of the Russian Defense Ministry's military construction operations, as saying the vessel had been targeted in "a terrorist act."

Oboronlogistika had previously said that the ship had been en route to the Russian far eastern port of Vladivostok with two giant port cranes lashed to its deck.