‘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 months and India’s contribution to it has been significantly high especially in the weddings and MICE segments. However, the growth is making a come back with numbers for August and September are being quite optimistic,’’ said Kumar De Silva, chairman, Sri Lanka Convention Bureau. As per Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Tourism statistics, India, China, U.K., Australia and Germany are its top five international tourist markets.

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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 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” …

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 …

Sri Lanka crisis: How the island nation descended into chaos; what's next | Explained
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: How the island nation descended into chaos; what's next | Explained

India Today  

Violent protests, a debt-laden economy, a President who fled the country and citizens staring at a grim future - that's Sri Lanka today, plunging into deeper economic as well as social crisis with no improvement in sight. With internal political dysfunction and external economic disturbance, the situation is only getting worse even as Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took charge as …

Sri Lanka crisis updates | July 13, 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis updates | July 13, 2022

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the military and police “to do what is necessary to restore order”. July 13 9.40 pm Sri Lanka acting president asks parliamentary speaker to nominate new prime minister Sri Lanka’s acting President and Prime mMnister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has asked the Speaker of Parliament to nominate a new prime minister, his media team said …

Timeline: Sri Lanka’s worst economic, political crisis in decades
2 years, 5 months ago

Timeline: Sri Lanka’s worst economic, political crisis in decades

Al Jazeera  

Island nation mired in a deep crisis as its president flees country, days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis and the country’s president has flown out of the country, days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. April 3: Cabinet resigns Almost all of …

Sri Lanka Crisis | Island-wide curfew imposed; youth dies after being tear-gassed
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka Crisis | Island-wide curfew imposed; youth dies after being tear-gassed

India TV News  

Sri Lanka crisis: Sri Lanka's Acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday asked Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to nominate a Prime Minister who is acceptable to both the government and the Opposition. In a statement, the Prime Minister's Office said that Prime Minister Wickremesinghe held a meeting with the Members of the Cabinet at his office on Monday. …

Data | Economic hardships aside, erosion of democracy in Sri Lanka a key reason for public anger
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Economic hardships aside, erosion of democracy in Sri Lanka a key reason for public anger

The Hindu  

In a show of fury against the worsening economic situation, protesters in Sri Lanka stormed the Presidential Secretariat on Saturday and set ablaze the private residence of the Prime Minister. While democratic values were on the ascent in the post-war phase, they declined rapidly since the constitutional crisis in 2018 Charts appear incomplete? Click to remove AMP mode Democratic values …

Sri Lanka Crisis Updates: 'Missing' President Rajapaksa Orders Distribution of Cooking Gas amid Stir
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka Crisis Updates: 'Missing' President Rajapaksa Orders Distribution of Cooking Gas amid Stir

News 18  

Sri Lanka Crisis LIVE Updates: India on Sunday said it stands with the people of the island nation and it will continue to follow the recent developments. India stands with the people of Sri Lanka as they seek to realize their aspirations for prosperity and progress through democratic means and values, established institutions and constitutional framework,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi …

Photos: All that happened in Sri Lanka on big day of protests
2 years, 5 months ago

Photos: All that happened in Sri Lanka on big day of protests

Al Jazeera  

Outrage over Sri Lanka’s collapsing economy came to a boil on Saturday when tens of thousands of protesters stormed the colonial-era residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and later set the prime minister’s house on fire. The protesters, many holding the Sri Lankan flag, swarmed into Rajapaksa’s colonial-era fortified residence and the presidential secretariat. Some made tea, while others issued statements …

A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse
2 years, 6 months ago

A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political turmoil and violence that led to the collapse of once-prosperous economies bedeviled by corruption, patronage, nepotism and incompetence. Experts say a dozen countries — including Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Afghanistan and Pakistan — could suffer the same fate as Lebanon and Sri Lanka, …

Sri Lanka crisis: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe extends support to protesters demanding Prez Rajapaksa's resignation
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe extends support to protesters demanding Prez Rajapaksa's resignation

India Today  

In an unusual move, Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended public support to the protesters, who have been camping at a popular beachfront here for over a month calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation for mishandling the country's worst economic crisis. Wickremesinghe, who was appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Prime Minister after asking his elder brother …

Lessons from Sri Lanka’s crisis - The Hindu
2 years, 7 months ago

Lessons from Sri Lanka’s crisis - The Hindu

The Hindu  

As Sri Lanka’s crisis continues to spiral out of control, the country gets a new Prime Minister: what are the lessons from India’s neighbourhood? As the violence spiralled out of control and PM Mahinda and his family were flown to a naval base for safety, the Indian high commission in Colombo issued two statements distancing itself from the Rajapaksas: one …

How Sri Lanka spiralled into crisis and what happens next
2 years, 7 months ago

How Sri Lanka spiralled into crisis and what happens next

Al Jazeera  

The South Asian island nation is experiencing an unprecedented economic collapse that has pushed the government into a deep crisis. Analysts say economic mismanagement by successive governments weakened Sri Lanka’s public finances, leaving national expenditure in excess of its income and the production of tradable goods and services at inadequate levels. Rating agencies, concerned about government finances and its inability …

At least one killed as police open fire at Sri Lanka protesters
2 years, 8 months ago

At least one killed as police open fire at Sri Lanka protesters

Al Jazeera  

One killed and several others wounded in central Sri Lanka as police open fire at people protesting fuel price rise. At least one person has been killed and 13 others wounded after police opened fire at a group of people protesting new fuel price increases in central Sri Lanka. “Police are still in the area and attempting to restore calm.” …

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | How can India help Sri Lanka?
2 years, 9 months ago

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | How can India help Sri Lanka?

The Hindu  

Scenes from Colombo just outside the President’s House stunned all last week- as protesters vented their anger over the economic situation they blame the Rajapaksa government- led by President Gotabaya and his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapkasa for. But after that going forward, they don’t have a plan and I believe there is a desire from the Sri Lankan government …

Sri Lanka economic crisis: The all-powerful Rajapaksas under fire
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka economic crisis: The all-powerful Rajapaksas under fire

Al Jazeera  

Public anger over the worsening crisis is directed towards the clan, which has held sway over the island nation’s politics for decades. Anger is boiling over in Sri Lanka at the country’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, much of it directed at the island nation’s all-powerful Rajapaksa family. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Rajapaksa, 72, was Mahinda’s main lieutenant during …

Crisis in Sri Lanka: The Hindu Editorial on the economic crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Crisis in Sri Lanka: The Hindu Editorial on the economic crisis

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka is facing an economic crisis with long queues in front of petrol stations, steep rise in prices of essential commodities and frequent blackouts. Over the last three months, India has provided assistance of $2.4 billion including a $500 million loan deferment and $1 billion credit line to enable the supply of essential commodities. Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa should also …

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 …

‘We are getting a lot of support’
5 years, 6 months ago

‘We are getting a lot of support’

The Hindu  

Just about five years ago, the Sri Lankan people handed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa a decisive electoral defeat and brought to power an unlikely coalition comprising the two main political parties. But the Sri Lanka People’s Party leader has bounced back after the April 21 explosions and is now the most popular politician in Sri Lanka. The other problem was …

Sri Lanka bombings: A small town shaken by threat of terror
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombings: A small town shaken by threat of terror

The Hindu  

“Is the font okay?” a young man at the computer asked M.I. Let’s put up this message on all three gates,” said Mr. Majeed, secretary of the Jumma mosque in Sainthamaruthu, located in the southeastern Ampara district. The moment some people in the locality sensed something suspicious, they alerted the police,” said Abdul Rafeek, a member of the municipal council …

Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updates
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombings: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

A series of bombings struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killing more than 250 people. Sri Lanka to resume mass on Sunday: cardinal Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church said public mass will resume on Sunday, two weeks after Easter Sunday bombings killed 253 people at three churches and three luxury hotels. Sunday, April 28: Cardinal fears attacks …

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 …

Sinister message to western world
5 years, 8 months ago

Sinister message to western world

Deccan Chronicle  

The complex terror attack in Sri Lanka last Sunday has a sinister message for the western world as well as South India. The Easter Day attacks were of a different dimension altogether and aimed directly at the wider Christian world than just the tiny proportion of Sri Lankan Christians, Sinhala and Tamil. The attack on a western way of life …

Sri Lanka attacks: Thankful for information provided by India, 'unfortunate' that we could not act on it, Ranil Wickremesinghe tells DD News
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka attacks: Thankful for information provided by India, 'unfortunate' that we could not act on it, Ranil Wickremesinghe tells DD News

Firstpost  

Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in an interview to Doordarshan News said his country was thankful for the information provided by India regarding the terror strikes and it was “unfortunate” that they could not act on it. “We knew they went to Syria…But in our country, to go abroad and return or to take part in a foreign armed …

Avoid ‘non-essential travel’ to Sri Lanka,
5 years, 8 months ago

Avoid ‘non-essential travel’ to Sri Lanka,

The Hindu  

As more violence erupted in Sri Lanka during raids by security forces in the wake of the Easter bombings, the government has advised Indian citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Sri Lanka. “In view of the prevailing security situation in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of terror attacks on 21 April 2019, Indian nationals intending to travel to Sri …

15 dead after gun battle with suspects in east Sri Lanka
5 years, 8 months ago

15 dead after gun battle with suspects in east Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were found at a building in Sri Lanka’s eastern Ampara district after an “explosion” early on Saturday, according to a military spokesman. The explosion, Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said, followed an overnight gun battle between security forces and suspects linked to the Easter Day bombings at the building. The suspects opened fire, the …

Sri Lanka live updates: 15 bodies found in eastern town following “explosion”
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka live updates: 15 bodies found in eastern town following “explosion”

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan security forces exchanged fire with suspected Islamic State affiliated militants and killed at least four of them in the east of the country, according to the police and the military on Saturday. 4:00 p.m. Sri Lanka police chief refusing to quit despite president's request: sources Sri Lanka's police chief has refused a request by President Maithripala Sirisena to …

6 children among 15 killed in raids on IS hideouts in Sri Lanka
5 years, 8 months ago

6 children among 15 killed in raids on IS hideouts in Sri Lanka

India Today  

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people. Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday after the State Intelligence Services warned …

Indians advised to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka after Easter Sunday bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

Indians advised to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka after Easter Sunday bombings

India Today  

The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday issued a travel advisory for Indians travelling to Sri Lanka and advised them to avoid "non-essential" travel where the situation continues to be precarious in the wake of the Easter Sunday serial terror blasts. The advisory issued by the MEA said, "In view of the prevailing security situation in Sri Lanka in the …

Sri Lanka: 16 people killed in shootout between police and militants
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka: 16 people killed in shootout between police and militants

CNN  

Sainthamaruthu, Sri Lanka CNN — Ten civilians – including six children – are dead along with six suspected terrorists after a shootout between police and alleged militants late Friday in eastern Sri Lanka, authorities said. At least two suspected terrorists are on the run following an explosion that witnesses told CNN turned a house in Sainthamaruthu “into fire.” Police and …

Sri Lanka Easter blasts: ‘Anti-Muslim riots a possible trigger’
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter blasts: ‘Anti-Muslim riots a possible trigger’

The Hindu  

The spate of anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka in recent years could have been a reason for more youth to turn radical and mobilise, according to a top Sri Lankan military intelligence source. Old fears Even as he strongly condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” Easter attacks, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader Raulff Hakeem urged citizens to be mindful of “agents …

Sri Lanka PM apologises for failing to prevent Easter bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka PM apologises for failing to prevent Easter bombings

India TV News  

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday apologised to public for failing to prevent the Easter bombings that left 253 people dead and several hundreds injured. A series of eight coordinated blasts ripped through three churches and three high-end hotels frequented by tourists in the country's deadliest violence since the devastating civil war ended in 2009. The Islamic State …

Sri Lankan police hunt 140 after Easter bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan police hunt 140 after Easter bombings

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed to be linked to the Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 253, as shooting erupted in the east during a raid. Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, …

LTTE to IS: Easter Blasts Biggest-ever Terror Attack in South Asia, But How Did Lanka Reach Here?
5 years, 8 months ago

LTTE to IS: Easter Blasts Biggest-ever Terror Attack in South Asia, But How Did Lanka Reach Here?

News 18  

New Delhi: The dreadful Easter Sunday bombings on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 253 people and injured hundreds more, was the biggest terror attack in the South Asian region -- and the worst bloodshed the country has seen since its civil war ended a decade ago. Erin Miller, Program Manager at Maryland's Global Terrorism Database, an open-source …

Sri Lanka govt revises toll in Easter Sunday blasts from 359 to 253; says scale of mutilation is grim indicator of explosions' force
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka govt revises toll in Easter Sunday blasts from 359 to 253; says scale of mutilation is grim indicator of explosions' force

Firstpost  

The dramatic revision of the death toll in Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings, which has been cut by more than 100, is a grim indicator of the power of the deadly blasts. Colombo: The dramatic revision of the death toll in Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings, which has been cut by more than 100, is a grim indicator of the power of …

Sri Lanka searching for 140 people with suspected Islamic State links as 10,000 troops deployed
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka searching for 140 people with suspected Islamic State links as 10,000 troops deployed

ABC  

Sri Lankan authorities are searching for about 140 people suspected of links with the Islamic State group following the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, the country's President has said. Key points: Sri Lanka police have so far arrested 76 suspects but many more are at large Authorities are warning that more terrorist attacks could strike Sri Lanka Christians and Muslims are …

Sri Lanka terror attacks: 11 Indians dead, Colombo confirms; number of deceased foreigners rises to 36
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka terror attacks: 11 Indians dead, Colombo confirms; number of deceased foreigners rises to 36

Firstpost  

The number of Indians killed in the massive Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings rose to 11 on Thursday, as one more person succumbed to injuries Colombo: The number of Indians killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings rose to 11 on Thursday, as one more person succumbed to injuries, taking the total number of foreigners who died in the attack …

After serial blasts shook Sri Lanka, another blast heard in Pugoda, 40 kms from capital Colombo, no casualties reported
5 years, 8 months ago

After serial blasts shook Sri Lanka, another blast heard in Pugoda, 40 kms from capital Colombo, no casualties reported

Op India  

Amidst heightened tensions in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday suicide bomber attacks on the island state that killed over 350 people and left over 500 injured, another blast has been reported from a vacant land behind the magistrate’s court in the town of Pugoda, 40 km east of the capital Colombo. Reuters: Blast heard in Pugoda town, 40 km …

Sri Lanka revises bombings death toll down by 100
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka revises bombings death toll down by 100

Al Jazeera  

Authorities in Sri Lanka have lowered the death toll in a spate of Easter bombings by more than 100, saying the difficulty in identifying body parts at blast scenes led to the earlier inaccurate number. More than 70 people, including several foreigners, have been arrested since Sunday, including the father of two of the alleged suicide bombers – one of …

Blast in Sri Lankan town Pugoda, no casualties
5 years, 8 months ago

Blast in Sri Lankan town Pugoda, no casualties

India Today  

An explosion occurred in a town east of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on Thursday but there were no casualties, a police spokesman said. The blast came at a time of high tension in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday suicide bomber attacks on the island state that killed 359 people and wounded about 500. The government has said the …

The days after in Sri Lanka
5 years, 8 months ago

The days after in Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

The first reaction of disbelief after receiving news of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, with more than 350 now confirmed dead, has not dissipated. We also know well that no longer are incidents simply ‘local’ — already, the narrative of what has happened in Sri Lanka has been globalised and there are many agendas which are riding on …

Sri Lanka shakes up top security posts after deadly bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka shakes up top security posts after deadly bombings

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president shook up the country’s top security establishment after officials failed to act on intelligence reports warning of possible attacks before the Easter bombings that killed over 350 people, his office said Wednesday. The capital of Colombo, meanwhile, remained rattled by reports that police were continuing to conduct controlled detonations of suspicious items three …

How India may have given Sri Lanka its most stark warning
5 years, 8 months ago

How India may have given Sri Lanka its most stark warning

Live Mint  

New Delhi: On 26 February, India’s National Investigation Agency provided Sri Lanka its biggest clue to the Easter bombings that killed at least 359 people in a series of eight coordinated blasts: the involvement of Mohammad Ashiq and five others from an Islamic State module in Coimbatore. In the interim, India’s intelligence agencies promptly passed on inputs to Sri Lanka …

Sri Lanka blasts: Toll rises to 359; Ranil Wickremesinghe says claims of Islamic State link to suicide bomb attacks being probed
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: Toll rises to 359; Ranil Wickremesinghe says claims of Islamic State link to suicide bomb attacks being probed

Firstpost  

Nearly 60 people have been detained since the Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, which ripped through high-end hotels and churches packed with Easter worshippers in the capital Colombo and beyond. Colombo: The toll in a series of suicide bomb blasts on Easter Sunday targeting hotels and churches in Sri Lanka has risen to 359, police said Wednesday. The blasts have …

Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, 18 more arrested
5 years, 8 months ago

Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, 18 more arrested

India Today  

The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359 and more suspects have been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The government has said the attacks were carried out by Islamic fundamentalists in apparent retaliation for the New Zealand mosque massacre last month but has said the seven bombers were all Sri Lankan. Meanwhile, in an …

India gave prior intelligence on jihadi threat to Sri Lankan govt, Opposition
5 years, 8 months ago

India gave prior intelligence on jihadi threat to Sri Lankan govt, Opposition

India Today  

Sri Lankan government is trying to grapple with the aftermath of the terrorist attack with many questioning the handling of the intelligence alerts and prior threat alerts. On Tuesday, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held a press briefing where he confirmed that India had provided prior intelligence on the jihadi threat. Sources said Indian High Commission and Indian properties …

Sri Lanka bombings: There was clear intel about church attacks
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka bombings: There was clear intel about church attacks

Live Mint  

Colombo: The warning in the April 11 letter was plain: A local group was planning a suicide terror attack against churches in Sri Lanka. He identified Mohammed Zaharan as the leader of "National Thawheek Jaman" and said state intelligence showed Zaharan's group was planning a suicide attack in the country. CCTV handout footage shows suspected suicide bomber entering St. Sebastian's …

Islamic State releases photos of eight attackers involved in Sri Lanka blasts, but names only seven of them
5 years, 8 months ago

Islamic State releases photos of eight attackers involved in Sri Lanka blasts, but names only seven of them

Firstpost  

Hours after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday that killed 321 people, the terror outfit released a photo of eight suicide bombers involved in the attacks Hours after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday that killed 321 people, the terror outfit released a photo of eight …

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