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Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversaryAmid heightened security for Easter celebrations, a gunman targeted a church in Manampitiya, Sri Lanka, damaging windows but causing no inj...- Easter Sunday terror attack probe: Former Lankan minister, brother to be detained for 90 daysRishad, a former minister of Industry and Commerce and the leader of a minority Muslim party that is part of the main Opposition party, the...
- Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attacker's wife may have fled to India: ReportOn April 21, 2019, nine suicide bombers belonging to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS carri...
- National Investigation Agency cleared to join probe into IS links in ColomboThis follows Colombo’s assent to share the details of their investigations, officials aware of the development said.
- Sri Lanka President bans NTJ, two other Islamist extremist organisationsOver 1,000 have been arrested since the attacks. Sri Lanka's police say they have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the b...
- No record to suggest Easter Sunday bombers visited Kashmir“We have verified the records of Sri Lankan nationals who visited Kashmir but none of them was found to be involved in the incident,” a sen...
- Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battleAuthorities have detained more than 100 people, including foreigners from Syria and Egypt since the April 21 bombings.
- 6 children, 3 women among 15 killed in in raids on terror hideouts in Sri LankaThe security forces continue their hunt for members of the local terror group NTJ which was behind the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.
- Sri Lankan security forces clash with suspected militants in Eastern provincePolice said they have seized a large haul of explosives, a drone and a banner with the Islamic State logo.
- Over 130 IS linked suspects are in Sri Lanka: Maithripala SirisenaThe president added that he and the entire Government will also take the full responsibility for the attacks.
- Sri Lanka still faced possible terror attacks; authorities now focussing on 'sleepers': Ranil WickremesingheAuthorities have accused the little-known National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) of carrying out the devastating blasts.
- 9 suicide bombers, including woman took part in Easter Sunday bombings in Lanka: PoliceThe country remains tense with police still looking for suspects and possible further explosives.
- Death toll climbs to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings: PoliceThe Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the devastating Easter blasts in Sri Lanka and identified the suicide bombers who were inv...
- 8 Indians killed in Easter blasts in Sri LankaEarlier in the day, the mission confirmed the deaths of four Indians - Vemurai Tulsiram, S R Nagaraj, K G Hanumantharayappa and M Rangappa.
- Wife, sister of Shangri La Hotel bomber killed in separate suicide blast: Lanka policeThe wife and sister of the suicide bomber at the Shangri La Hotel were killed in the Dematagoda blast, police told the court.
- Indian Coast Guard beefs up surveillance after Sri Lanka blastsThis has been done to ensure that no element that could pose as a security threat sneaks into the country through sea, a senior Coast Guard...
- Sri Lanka attacks: Denmark's wealthiest man and Asos billionaire loses 3 children in Colombo bombingThe family were visiting Sri Lanka over the Easter holiday.
- Sri Lanka identifies outfit behind blasts; says all suicide bombers Lankan nationalsSeven suicide bombers were involved in eight blasts.
- 7 suicide bombers carried out Easter blasts in Sri LankaThe death toll Monday sharply rose to 290, including six Indians, from the blasts - the worst terror attack in the country's history.
- We have arrived in Punjab, Taliban warns Pakistan governmentThe Pakistani Taliban faction behind the brutal Easter Sunday suicide bombing has warned that the terror attack was a "message" about their...
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