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 probe may ‘flop’ The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church has expressed concern that an official investigation into the Easter bombings will end up being a “flop”. Sri Lanka police chief resigns: President Sri Lanka’s top police official, Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, has resigned over failures that led to the deadly Easter bomb attacks, the country’s president said on Friday. Speaking at Temple Trees, the official residence of the prime minister, Senaratne said that all the suicide bombers were Sri Lankan nationals, and that police officials were “aware of information” regarding possible attacks during Easter.

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Sri Lanka police arrest three people after threat to Israelis at popular tourist spots
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sri Lanka police arrest three people after threat to Israelis at popular tourist spots

The Independent  

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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.

Easter Sunday bombings: Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena settles compensation for victims
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Easter Sunday bombings: Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena settles compensation for victims

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka's former President Maithripala Sirisena has settled in full the SLR 100 million compensation for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians, during his tenure. Mr. Sirisena was ordered by the Supreme Court to pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims for his negligence in preventing the country’s one of …

Sri Lanka recovers after economic crisis, but is it safe to travel there?
6 months ago

Sri Lanka recovers after economic crisis, but is it safe to travel there?

ABC  

White sand beaches, welcoming locals, wild elephants living in their natural habitats and eight UNESCO World Heritage sites make Sri Lanka a tourist's paradise. While her friends gave positive reviews of their past holidays in Sri Lanka, Australia's official Smart Traveller advisory urged visitors to "exercise a high degree of caution" as the country holds its presidential elections later this …

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 counting on Indian tourists to aid economic recovery
1 year, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka counting on Indian tourists to aid economic recovery

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka is counting on tourists from India, its primary source market, to boost foreign exchange earnings and aid economic recovery, as the island expects fewer tourists from Europe amid the ongoing recession. Addressing participants on Thursday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said tourism would emerge Sri Lanka’s chief foreign exchange earning sector in the next decade. In 2022, when Sri Lanka …

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 Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks
1 year, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of Sri Lankans held a protest in the capital on Friday, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters demanded that the government uncover who they said were the real conspirators behind the attacks on three churches — two Catholic and one Protestant — …

Protest in Sri Lanka on fourth anniversary of Easter bombings
1 year, 8 months ago

Protest in Sri Lanka on fourth anniversary of Easter bombings

Al Jazeera  

Thousands march to demand government uncover who the real conspirators were behind the 2019 attacks that killed nearly 270 people. Thousands of Sri Lankans have held a protest in the main city of Colombo, demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 270 people. The protesters on Friday demanded the government uncover who they …

Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings

Associated Press  

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church urged the country Friday to criminally prosecute its former leader for negligence, a day after the top court ordered him to pay compensation to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed nearly 270 people. Duthika Perera, an attorney representing Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said the church expects the attorney general …

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 ex-leader ordered to compensate Easter bombing victims
1 year, 11 months ago

Sri Lanka ex-leader ordered to compensate Easter bombing victims

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court finds former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other officials were responsible for failing to prevent the deadly attacks. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other top officials failed to prevent Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people, ordering them to pay compensation. “The key thing is that there …

Sri Lanka protests turn wild: What pushed country into a crippling economic crisis | Explained
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka protests turn wild: What pushed country into a crippling economic crisis | Explained

India TV News  

Sri Lanka witnessed its biggest protest on Saturday as thousands of citizens took to the streets their agony over the island nation's crippling economic crisis. Quick updates on what's going on in Lanka currently Sri Lankan protesters stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and nearby office on Saturday. Russia Ukraine war Russia is the second biggest importer of Sri Lankan tea, …

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 Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter bombings
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter bombings

Al Jazeera  

Protesters criticise a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in bombings three years ago. Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office have criticised a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Easter Sunday bombings three years ago, piling pressure on …

Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows
2 years, 8 months ago

Pressure mounts on Sri Lanka leader to quit as crisis grows

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s main business district and Christian clergy marched in the capital to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the debt-ridden nation’s president to resign, as anxiety and anger over shortages simmered. Jayasinghe said she voted for Rajapaksa believing he was the best candidate to restore national …

Sri Lanka’s all-powerful Rajapaksas under fire
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka’s all-powerful Rajapaksas under fire

The Hindu  

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. During his rule Sri Lanka also moved closer to China, borrowing almost $7 billion for infrastructure projects — many of which turned into white elephants mired in corruption. ‘The Terminator’ President Gotabaya …

India tops Sri Lanka’s tourism charts 2021
3 years ago

India tops Sri Lanka’s tourism charts 2021

The Hindu  

India topped Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals in December and the entire year, according to data published by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. For most part of 2020 beginning April, Sri Lanka shut its borders fearing import of COVID-19 cases into the island nation, which was then making global headlines for managing the pandemic well. For December, Sri Lanka recorded …

Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
3 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

Al Jazeera  

Sri Lankan court begins the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people. A Sri Lankan court has begun the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups. The string of attacks carried out on Easter Sunday, April …

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 marks a year since devastating Easter Sunday attacks
4 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka marks a year since devastating Easter Sunday attacks

Al Jazeera  

Island nation commemorates attacks that saw six churches and hotels bombed, killing more than 265 people. On Easter Sunday this year, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of the Roman Catholic church in Sri Lanka, said the church “forgave” the attackers for their actions, a pronouncement that has been met with a mixed reaction amongst those who lost family members to …

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 …

The second coming of a paradise island: How Sri Lanka bounced back from crisis
5 years, 2 months ago

The second coming of a paradise island: How Sri Lanka bounced back from crisis

CNN  

CNN — It has mile after mile of powder sand beaches lapped by clear, warm surf. “Everyone feels it.” Sarah Masters from the UK, who has been traveling to Sri Lanka for about 20 years, felt she had no choice but to cancel her 2019 holiday to the island nation. “One friend lost her job, as there was no work …

‘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 …

Easter bombings damaged Sri Lanka economy beyond tourism
5 years, 5 months ago

Easter bombings damaged Sri Lanka economy beyond tourism

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Shocks from deadly suicide bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka are reverberating throughout its economy in the worst crisis since the South Asian island nation’s civil war ended in 2009. “Sri Lanka is undergoing a severe economic crisis at present and it is manifested at both the individual and national level,” said W.A. No one …

Easter Sunday bombings: Muslim ministers in Sri Lanka rejoin govt after investigators found no link with local Islamist extremist group
5 years, 5 months ago

Easter Sunday bombings: Muslim ministers in Sri Lanka rejoin govt after investigators found no link with local Islamist extremist group

Firstpost  

Four Sri Lankan Muslim ministers, who resigned following the Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined government. Colombo: Four Sri Lankan Muslim ministers, who resigned following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, have rejoined the government after investigators found no link in their alleged involvement with a local Islamist extremist group. Badiyudeen was targeted by the Opposition which demanded his …

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 …

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Two of nine Muslim ministers return to govt after resigning over 'anti-minority sentiments'
5 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Two of nine Muslim ministers return to govt after resigning over 'anti-minority sentiments'

Firstpost  

Two of the nine Sri Lankan Muslim ministers, who had resigned in the wake of growing anti-minority sentiments following the Easter Sunday bombings, returned to the government fold on Wednesday. Colombo: Two of the nine Sri Lankan Muslim ministers, who had resigned in the wake of growing anti-minority sentiments following the Easter Sunday bombings, returned to the government fold on …

Sri Lanka terror: the possessions left behind by victims of Easter attacks
5 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka terror: the possessions left behind by victims of Easter attacks

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An entire family, including three children, died in an explosion at …

Sri Lanka’s hotels, beaches, eateries now empty of tourists
5 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka’s hotels, beaches, eateries now empty of tourists

Associated Press  

HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka — Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Sri Lanka was the Lonely Planet guide’s top travel destination for 2019, but since the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and luxury hotels, foreign tourists have fled. She said the attack has cost the hotel …

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 …

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 receives intelligence inputs of attacks planned on Buddhist temples by female bombers posing as devotees
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka receives intelligence inputs of attacks planned on Buddhist temples by female bombers posing as devotees

Op India  

According to media reports, Sri Lanka’s Intelligence agency has received inputs of possible attacks on Buddhist temples by female bombers of the banned local terror outfit National Thawheeth Jamath posing as devotees. Sri Lankan authorities confirmed that amongst the nine bombers who executed the dastardly Easter Sunday attack, there was a female suicide bomber too. As a security measure in …

Sri Lanka police raids headquarters of hardline Islamist group suspected to be behind church bombings
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka police raids headquarters of hardline Islamist group suspected to be behind church bombings

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka police raided the headquarters of a hardline Islamist group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels, a Reuters witness said, as Sunday mass was cancelled due to fears of further attacks. Colombo/Kattankudy: Sri Lankan police raided the headquarters of a hardline Islamist group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter …

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 …

Sri Lanka attacks: Father, two brothers of suicide bombings' mastermind killed in Kalmunai raids, say relative, police sources
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka attacks: Father, two brothers of suicide bombings' mastermind killed in Kalmunai raids, say relative, police sources

Firstpost  

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday. Colombo: The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security …

Sri Lanka blasts: US issues new travel advisory, authorises voluntary departure of non-emergency govt employees
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: US issues new travel advisory, authorises voluntary departure of non-emergency govt employees

India TV News  

The US State Department has issued a new travel advisory in the wake of Sri Lanka bombings. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets, shopping malls, government facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational institutions, airports, hospitals, and other public areas," it said. The advisory added …

Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed
5 years, 8 months ago

Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed

India Today  

The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday. Zainee Hashim, Rilwan Hashim and their father Mohamed Hashim, who were seen in a video circulating on social media calling …

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 …

Sri Lanka blasts: 6 children among 15 killed after suicide bombers set off explosives during raids in Sammanthurai at suspected IS hideout
5 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka blasts: 6 children among 15 killed after suicide bombers set off explosives during raids in Sammanthurai at suspected IS hideout

Firstpost  

At least 15 people, including six children, were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up when cornered by security forces in eastern Sri Lanka, police said on Saturday. At least 15 people, including six children, were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up when cornered by security forces in a suspected Islamic State hideout in eastern Sri Lanka, police said …

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 …

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