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Entire family of suspected SL bombings mastermind missing since Easter Sun
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 26 (ANI): Mohomed Hashim Madaniya, sister of the suspected mastermind behind the deadly serial blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 250 people, said that her entire family has been missing since the day of the attacks.
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Easter Sunday blasts: Sri Lanka slashes death toll to 253
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday revised the death toll in the Easter Sunday blasts to 253.
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Sri Lanka Defence Secretary resigns
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on Thursday stepped down from his post amid allegations of mishandling intelligence reports that came before the Easter Sunday attack.
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Sri Lanka: Explosion near Colombo; no casualty reported
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pugoda (Sri Lanka), Apr 25 (ANI): Four days after the deadly serial blasts claimed at least 359 lives, an explosion was reported on Thursday in Sri Lanka's Pugada town, about 40 Km east of capital Colombo, police said.
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Mortal remains of man killed in Sri Lanka blasts brought to Hyderabad resi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Mortal remains of a Hyderabad resident who was killed in the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka arrived at his home in the city on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka attacks: One of the 9 suicide bombers a woman; 60 arrests made
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Apr 24 (ANI): One of the nine suicide bombers who carried out the blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said on Wednesday, adding that 60 arrests have been made in connection with the attacks.
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Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy pay homage to JDS leaders killed in Sri Lanka blas
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), April 24 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday paid homage to two JDS party workers who lost their lives in the serial blasts that hit Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll mounts to 359
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 24 (ANI): The death toll in the multiple bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations has risen to 359, country's Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene told reporters here on Wednesday.
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Initial probe shows Sri Lanka blasts were 'retaliation for Christchurch':
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): An initial probe into the multiple blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people shows that it was "retaliation for Christchurch" terror attacks in New Zealand, said the country's Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene on Tuesday.
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Death toll in Sri Lanka blasts rises to 310, 40 suspects arrested
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): At least 310 people have lost their lives in the multiple bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations, police said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka CM enquires about Indians affected in Sri Lanka blasts
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said that he has spoken to the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka in Colombo and enquired about the situation with regard to people from Karnataka, who died or got injured in the terror attack on Sunday.
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Dasun Shanaka revisits Easter Sunday horror
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan cricketer Dasun Shanaka on Monday, revisited the Easter Sunday horror, the serial blasts that took place in the country on Sunday, leaving almost 300 people dead and more than 500 injured.Sunday horror, the serial blasts that took place in the country on
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