India had warned Sri Lanka about Easter bombings in advance on the basis of raids on ISIS modules in India
5 years, 8 months ago

India had warned Sri Lanka about Easter bombings in advance on the basis of raids on ISIS modules in India

Op India  

Several reports have come into the forefront which confirms that the Indian authorities had passed clear intel to Sri Lanka regarding the dastardly coordinated blasts at churches and hotels on the Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, leaving 253 people dead and several hundred injured. On the basis of these videos, the Indian Authorities identified Hashim as the leader of National Thowheed Jamaath and led investigators to believe Hashim was planning “something big” in Sri Lanka. Later the President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, confirmed to the media that Zahran Hashim, the Islamist extremist wanted for the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka was killed during the attack at Hotel Shangri-La. Terrorists carried out eight coordinated blasts in Sri Lanka last week detonating explosives especially targetting children, taking the death count to 253 people. While several foreigners were killed in the attacks, Sri Lanka’s minority Christian community was the primary target and suffered tremendously given how crowded the churches were for Easter Mass and the hotels for holiday brunches.

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Sri Lanka Reopens Probe into 2019 Easter Bombings, Ten Years Later
3 months ago

Sri Lanka Reopens Probe into 2019 Easter Bombings, Ten Years Later

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's new government announces a probe into the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. The previous investigations failed to identify other culprits responsible for the attack. The government wants to find out why there were irregularities in the previous investigations, take a fresh look at the incident, expose the culprits, and bring them to justice.

Opinion: The curious case of pro-ISIS movements between India and Sri Lanka
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: The curious case of pro-ISIS movements between India and Sri Lanka

India Today  

The past half a decade has been tumultuous. The Sri Lanka story The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad arrested the four people for allegedly having links to ISIS — more specifically the Afghanistan-Pakistan-based Islamic State Khorasan — and travelling to India with intent to conduct terror attacks. Sri Lanka’s security agencies also arrested another alleged local handler, Pushparaja Osman. But ISIS as …

Sri Lanka's president will appoint a committee to probe allegations of complicity in 2019 bombings
1 year, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka's president will appoint a committee to probe allegations of complicity in 2019 bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s president said Sunday he will appoint a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate allegations made in a British television report that the South Asian country’s intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. President Ranil Wickremesinghe's decision to appoint a committee headed by a judge to investigate claims that …

Sri Lanka defends intelligence chief over Easter Sunday attacks allegations by UK channel
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka defends intelligence chief over Easter Sunday attacks allegations by UK channel

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry on Saturday defended the country's intelligence chief after he was accused by a British television channel as the plotter of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 270 people, including 11 Indians. UK’s Channel 4 television station on Tuesday aired a documentary titled ‘Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings – Dispatches’ alleging the involvement and complicity of …

Ex-Sri Lanka leader denies 2019 bombings were staged to help him win polls
1 year, 4 months ago

Ex-Sri Lanka leader denies 2019 bombings were staged to help him win polls

Al Jazeera  

Gotabaya Rajapaksa rejects British documentary that said the Easter Sunday attacks were carried out to influence presidential election. In the programme broadcast on Tuesday, Channel 4 interviewed a man who said he arranged a meeting between a local ISIL-inspired group, National Thowheed Jamath, and a top state intelligence official loyal to Rajapaksa to formulate a plot to create instability and …

Former Sri Lankan president denies that suicide bombings were staged to enable his election
1 year, 4 months ago

Former Sri Lankan president denies that suicide bombings were staged to enable his election

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday denied allegations in a British television program that Islamic State-inspired extremists were used to carry out suicide bomb attacks in 2019 to create insecurity in the country and help him win election later that year. He said the documentary on Britain’s Channel 4 television was “mostly an anti-Rajapaksa …

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in the Channel 4 videos released on Tuesday said he arranged a meeting between a local Islamic State-inspired group and a top state intelligence …

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka will investigate allegations of intelligence complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that officials with the South Asian country’s intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people, including 42 foreigners from 14 countries. Channel 4 interviewed a man interviewed who said he arranged a meeting between …

Sri Lanka to probe allegation of intelligence complicity in 2019 bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to probe allegation of intelligence complicity in 2019 bombings

Al Jazeera  

British TV report alleges a top Sri Lankan intelligence official hatched the deadly Easter Sunday bombings plot to help Rajapaksa win the election. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in …

Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of official complicity in 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of official complicity in 2019 Easter bombings

LA Times  

Six near-simultaneous suicide bombings in churches and tourist hotels in Sri Lanka in April 2019 killed 269 people. Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence was complicit in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people. A man interviewed in videos aired by Britain’s Channel …

Sri Lanka marks 4th anniversary of Easter Sunday terror attacks
1 year, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka marks 4th anniversary of Easter Sunday terror attacks

The Hindu  

COLOMBO Sri Lanka on April 21 marked the 4th anniversary of the Easter Sunday terror bombings that shook the island nation on April 21, 2019, even as families of victims marched, and many gathered outside churches, demanding truth and justice. Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, especially the Archbishop of Colombo Archdiocese Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, has been raising concern over authorities’ “slow-paced” …

NIA files chargesheet against six accused in Coimbatore car blast case
1 year, 8 months ago

NIA files chargesheet against six accused in Coimbatore car blast case

New Indian Express  

A pen drive recovered from Mohammed Asarutheen allegedly contained video recordings of Jamesha Mubeen, in which he had identified himself as a member of Daulat-e-Islamia. Mubeen was inspired by the bayans of Zahran Hashim, a radical Islamic cleric of Sri Lanka, who masterminded the Easter serial suicide bomb attacks in 2019 killing around 260 people. Handwritten notes were recovered from …

Sri Lanka's President assures justice for Easter Sunday victims
1 year, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka's President assures justice for Easter Sunday victims

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on April 9 assured justice for all the victims of the 2019 Easter bombings in which 270 people, including 11 Indians, were killed, saying legal proceedings are being processed independently and impartially, without any influence. On April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat linked to ISIS …

Coimbatore car blast was inspired by Sri Lanka Easter bombings: NIA
1 year, 9 months ago

Coimbatore car blast was inspired by Sri Lanka Easter bombings: NIA

The Hindu  

Those involved in last October’s car explosion in front of Coimbatore’s Sangameswarar temple operated an Islamic State module inspired by Zahran Hashim, the mastermind of the Easter 2019 bombings in Sri Lanka, the National Investigation Agency’s probe has found. “Evidence strongly support that they acted like an IS module inspired by Hashim,” said the source, adding that the agency could …

Sri Lanka's ex-President Sirisena apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka's ex-President Sirisena apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s former President Maithripala Sirisena on January 31 extended an apology to the country's minority Catholic community for the devastating 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians. Nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat linked to ISIS carried out a series of blasts that tore through three Catholic …

Sri Lanka’s former President ordered to pay compensation for failing to prevent 2019 Easter bombings
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka’s former President ordered to pay compensation for failing to prevent 2019 Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay a compensation of LKR 100 million to victims of the April 2019 Easter Sunday terror blasts, while pointing to a “reckless” intelligence failure on the part of the Executive. Sri Lanka’s Catholic church has been flagging the lack of progress in the probe, and the Archbishop of …

Coimbatore Blast May Be First Attempted Suicide Attack by An ISIS Sympathiser in India - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore Blast May Be First Attempted Suicide Attack by An ISIS Sympathiser in India - News18

News 18  

Investigations have indicated that the blast that occurred in front of the Kottai Easwaran Temple in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, is definitely a terrorist attack and the perpetrators involved are members of an Islamic State -inspired module, CNN-News18 has learnt. In fact, this can be termed as the first attempted ‘suicide attack’ by an ISIS sympathiser in India, though the only …

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police
2 years, 2 months ago

Coimbatore car blast | Deceased suspect was questioned, freed by NIA in 2019, placed in watchlist of Tamil Nadu Police

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs recently issued a specific alert on possible attacks on prominent Hindu organisation leaders by activists of the banned Popular Front of India in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. Highly placed police sources told The Hindu on Tuesday that the Ministry had said in its alert sent on October 18, 2022, that after the Union government …

Sri Lanka Easter attacks | Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena named suspect
2 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter attacks | Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena named suspect

The Hindu  

A Sri Lankan court on Friday named former President Maithripala Sirisena a suspect in a case pertaining to the 2019 Easter terror bombings and directed him to appear in court this October. ‘Grand political plot’ In March, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told the UN Human Rights Council that the incident was a “grand political plot”. A parliamentary select …

Sri Lankan court summons ex-president over 2019 bombings
2 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lankan court summons ex-president over 2019 bombings

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Sri Lankan court issued …

Terrorists responsible for Srinagar grenade attack identified: J&K DGP
2 years, 10 months ago

Terrorists responsible for Srinagar grenade attack identified: J&K DGP

India TV News  

The terrorists responsible for a recent grenade attack in Srinagar have been identified and the case will be solved soon, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday. Those involved in the grenade attack have been identified and the case will be solved soon," the police chief said. At another function organized by the Jammu and …

Sri Lanka clears police, defence chiefs over Easter bombings
2 years, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka clears police, defence chiefs over Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's High Court on Friday acquitted two top officials accused of "crimes against humanity" for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people. The state had indicted the two men in November for failing to act on early warnings from an Indian intelligence agency that local jihadists were planning a string of suicide bombings in …

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings
3 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka indicts ISIL ‘mastermind’ over Easter Sunday bombings

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors indict alleged mastermind of the 2019 suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators. Sri Lankan prosecutors have indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say are co-conspirators in the island’s worst single “terror” attack. Nearly 300 people including dozens of foreign nationals were killed in the April …

Church: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility
3 years, 4 months ago

Church: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan Roman Catholic leader has said the government must win back the confidence of the church before the two sides can hold talks on the church’s criticisms of inquiries into 2019 Easter Sunday bomb blasts that killed 269 people. The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the Vatican’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, …

Sri Lanka files charges against 25 Easter Sunday bombing suspects
3 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka files charges against 25 Easter Sunday bombing suspects

Al Jazeera  

Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and hotels that killed 269 people, according to the president’s office. Two local Muslim groups that allegedly pledged allegiance to the ISIL group were blamed for the six near-simultaneous suicide bomb attacks which hit three churches and three hotels …

Easter bombings: Sri Lanka probes charges against spy agencies
3 years, 5 months ago

Easter bombings: Sri Lanka probes charges against spy agencies

Al Jazeera  

President orders investigation into allegations that some intelligence officials knew and met with people who carried out 2019 bombings. Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation into allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed more than 260 people, a government official said. …

Sri Lanka Easter bombers had planned second attack, say police
4 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter bombers had planned second attack, say police

India TV News  

A second attack was planned by the perpetrators of the April 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that targeted churches and hotels killing over 250 people, the Police said, giving a rare update on their year-long investigation. Information of the planned second attack was revealed by the ongoing investigations into the April 21, 2019, bombings by the Criminal Investigation …

So many questions unanswered: Kumar Sangakkara on Sri Lanka Easter bombing
4 years, 8 months ago

So many questions unanswered: Kumar Sangakkara on Sri Lanka Easter bombing

India TV News  

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday said someone must answer to the questions which are still unanswered in regards to the Sri Lanka Easter bombing last year. So many questions still unanswered, but answer them someone must," Sangakkara tweeted as people across the world celebrated Easter on Sunday. Sri Lanka celebrated a quiet Easter Sunday amid the coronavirus …

2 ISIS Suspects With Links to Sri Lanka Blasts Arrested in Kochi by NIA
5 years, 2 months ago

2 ISIS Suspects With Links to Sri Lanka Blasts Arrested in Kochi by NIA

The Quint  

Sheik Hidayathullah and Mohammed Azaruddin were arrested in June from Coimbatore district by the NIA. Mohammed Azaruddin was arrested for running a Facebook page called ‘KhilafahGFX’ through which he had allegedly been ‘propagating ISIS/Daish ideology’. Digital devices including one laptop, five mobile phones, four SIM cards, one memory card, and eight CDs/ DVDs along with a large number of incriminating …

Sri Lanka President blamed for Easter attacks lapses
5 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka President blamed for Easter attacks lapses

The Hindu  

A parliamentary panel in Sri Lanka has accused President Maithripala Sirisena of “actively undermining” government and security systems, leading to serious lapses ahead of the Easter terror attacks. “This failure by the SIS has resulted in hundreds of deaths, many more injured and immeasurable devastation to Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans and that must not be treated lightly,” the report …

‘India contributed to post-blast economic recovery in Lanka’
5 years, 3 months ago

‘India contributed to post-blast economic recovery in Lanka’

The Hindu  

An additional inflow of business tourists, rise in bookings for traders’/dealers’/consumers’ conferences and wedding parties from India have contributed significantly to the overall economic recovery in the last couple of months, according to a Sri Lankan Government official. Yasantha De Silva Yaddehi, Minister, Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission-Chennai said Sri Lanka had made a remarkable recovery in the last few …

Tamil Nadu on HIGH ALERT: 6 Lashkar terrorists have entered state through Sri Lanka, intel report says
5 years, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu on HIGH ALERT: 6 Lashkar terrorists have entered state through Sri Lanka, intel report says

India TV News  

A high alert has been issued in Tamil Nadu after a group of six Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists entered Coimbatore city through Sri Lanka, according to an intelligence report. Based on intelligence reports, the Tamil Nadu Police on Thursday midnight launched a joint operation across the state in search of a six-member Lashkar-e-Toiba group-- one Pakistan national and five Sri Lankan Tamils, …

All suspects of Easter terror attacks arrested: Sri Lanka Prez
5 years, 5 months ago

All suspects of Easter terror attacks arrested: Sri Lanka Prez

The Quint  

Colombo, July 17 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said that all suspects involved in the Easter Sunday terror explosions had been arrested following extensive investigations and search operations carried out by security forces and the suspects may receive the death penalty as there was clear evidence against them, media reported on Wednesday. Speaking at a function in Malabe, the outskirts …

Easter Sunday bombings: International drug syndicates orchestrated attacks, says Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena
5 years, 5 months ago

Easter Sunday bombings: International drug syndicates orchestrated attacks, says Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena

Firstpost  

International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country’s leader claimed on Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists Colombo: International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country’s leader claimed on Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists. But in a statement issued by his office Monday, Sirisena said the attacks …

Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before Sri Lankan parliamentary select committee over Easter Sunday bombings
5 years, 5 months ago

Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before Sri Lankan parliamentary select committee over Easter Sunday bombings

Firstpost  

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday attacks that claimed 258 lives Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday attacks that claimed 258 lives and would provide all available information, according to a …

Sri Lankan government defeats no-confidence motion over Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people
5 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lankan government defeats no-confidence motion over Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people

Firstpost  

The Sri Lankan government on Thursday defeated a no-confidence motion brought by an opposition party over what it called ‘criminal negligence’ in failing to prevent Easter Day bomb attacks Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Thursday defeated a no-confidence motion brought by an opposition party over what it called “criminal negligence” in failing to prevent Easter Day bomb attacks on …

Home-bred terror
5 years, 6 months ago

Home-bred terror

The Hindu  

The most shocking part of the BOMB blasts on Easter Sunday is that there is no evidence so far to indicate that any of the material used in the explosives or the expertise came from abroad. A one-way boat ride from India to Sri Lanka costs Rs.36,000, and one theory floated soon after the blasts was that some of the …

Sri Lanka Easter blast mastermind linked to three Islamic State cases in India: NIA
5 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter blast mastermind linked to three Islamic State cases in India: NIA

The Hindu  

Zahran Hashim, the Sri Lankan mastermind of the April 21 Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, has emerged as a common link in at least three Islamic State related cases, including the latest IS module busted in Coimbatore, an National Investigation Agency probe has revealed. The NIA said so far no explosives had been found during searches at the house and …

NIA arrests mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module after searches
5 years, 6 months ago

NIA arrests mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module after searches

India TV News  

The National Investigation Agency Wednesday arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, after it carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore, officials said. During the searches, the agency seized 14 mobile phones, 29 SIM cards, 10 pen drives, three laptops, six memory cards, …

Prime Minister Modi pays tribute to Easter Sunday terror attack victims at St. Anthony’s Church during his Sri Lanka visit
5 years, 7 months ago

Prime Minister Modi pays tribute to Easter Sunday terror attack victims at St. Anthony’s Church during his Sri Lanka visit

Op India  

Following his visit to the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his Sri Lanka visit by paying tribute to the victims of the ghastly Easter Sundar terror attack victims at St. Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade. Started the Sri Lanka visit by paying my respect at one of the sites of the horrific Easter Sunday Attack, St. Anthony’s Shrine, Kochchikade. pic.twitter.com/RTdmNGcDyg — …

Sri Lankan President warns against emergence of a 'Muslim Prabhakaran'
5 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan President warns against emergence of a 'Muslim Prabhakaran'

India TV News  

Warning against the emergence of a "Muslim Prabhakaran", Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has called for unity among all communities in the country which saw the worst terror attack on Easter Sunday. Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, a militant organisation that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north …

PM Modi meets Sri Lankan President Sirisena, calls terrorism a joint threat: 10 points
5 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi meets Sri Lankan President Sirisena, calls terrorism a joint threat: 10 points

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the serial bombings on Easter in April, met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday. Here are the 10 highlights of PM Modi's Sri Lanka visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena discussed bilateral issues. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena gifted …

Sri Lankan President Vows to Block Easter Attack Probe
5 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lankan President Vows to Block Easter Attack Probe

The Quint  

Just last week, Sirisena's intelligence chief Sisira Mendis exposed that the president had failed to hold regular security review meetings to assess potential threats from Islamic radicals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Sri Lanka on Sunday. Modi’s itinerary includes meeting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa and Tamil National Alliance leader …

NIA team in Sri Lanka to probe IS cases
5 years, 7 months ago

NIA team in Sri Lanka to probe IS cases

The Hindu  

National Investigation Agency officials are in Colombo to probe two Islamic State -related cases, which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people. A senior government official said a two-member NIA team was in Sri Lanka in connection with the two IS-related cases, registered by the agency in 2015 and 2018. …

The inside story of the nine suicide bombers behind the savage Easter attacks in Sri Lanka
5 years, 7 months ago

The inside story of the nine suicide bombers behind the savage Easter attacks in Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

May 25, 2019 04:40 pm | Updated May 27, 2019 01:55 pm IST At first, they were nameless. “An extremely mild-mannered and polite young man.” That is how a senior staff member at Ishana Exports remembers his boss’s son Inshaf Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim. “We don’t know if he played a role, but there are indications that this employee met Hashim …

Islamic State claims it has established province in India, calls it Wilayah of Hind: Report
5 years, 7 months ago

Islamic State claims it has established province in India, calls it Wilayah of Hind: Report

India Today  

The Islamic State claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in Kashmir killed a militant with alleged ties to the group. IS's Amaq News Agency late on Friday announced the new province, that it called "Wilayah of Hind", in a statement that also claimed IS inflicted …

Attack and aftermath
5 years, 8 months ago

Attack and aftermath

The Hindu  

Close to a fortnight after suicide bombers took Sri Lanka back to the state of siege that had existed for decades until the obliteration of the Tamil Tigers in 2009, a deafening bomb blast and the images of destruction it left behind are fresh in the memory of Jaffna-born Father Joy Mariarathnam, who gave the 8 a.m. Easter Sunday sermon …

Sri Lanka police discovers Islamist militants' training camp in Kattankudy; suicide bombers of Easter Sunday blasts practiced at site
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka police discovers Islamist militants' training camp in Kattankudy; suicide bombers of Easter Sunday blasts practiced at site

Firstpost  

Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where Islamist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking. Kattankudy: Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where Islamist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to …

Suicide bombers visited Kashmir, Kerala, Bengaluru: Sri Lankan Army chief
5 years, 8 months ago

Suicide bombers visited Kashmir, Kerala, Bengaluru: Sri Lankan Army chief

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka Army’s chief has said some of the suicide bombers who carried out the country’s worst terror attack on Easter Sunday last month had visited Kashmir and Kerala for “some sorts of training” or to “make some more links” with other foreign outfits. Asked what activities the attackers undertook in Kashmir and Kerala, the Army chief said: “Not exactly, …

More attacks feared, say Sri Lanka officials
5 years, 8 months ago

More attacks feared, say Sri Lanka officials

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka bolstered security on Friday with fears of attacks against bridges in the capital as the Prime Minister vowed to hunt down any remaining Islamic State extremists behind the deadly Easter bombings. Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims, meanwhile, held Friday prayers under tight security, condemning the jihadist attacks. The warnings came as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said some of the …

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