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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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Sri Lanka bombings: Prez asks Defence Minister, IG to resign
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General (IG) of Police Pujith Jayasundara to resign following the devastating Easter Sunday bombings over allegations of mishandling intelligen
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ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Negombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 23 (ANI): The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the coordinated bombings that claimed the lives of over 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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Interpol offers assistance to Sri Lanka to probe Sunday's blasts
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): The international police organisation or the Interpol on Monday offered assistance to Sri Lankan authorities in investigating the eight deadly terror bombings which rattled different parts of the country amid Easter services on Monday.
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Celebrity chef Shantha Mayadunne, daughter killed in Sri Lanka terror bomb
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): Celebrity chef Shantha Mayadunne and her daughter Nisanga Mayadunne were among those who lost their lives in the deadly coordinated blasts that rattled three churches and three high-end hotels across Sri Lanka, killing nearly 290 people on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka blasts carried out by suicide bombers, authorities claim 'intell
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): Sri Lankan authorities on Monday said that the eight deadly terror bombings which rattled different parts of the country amid Easter services a day before were carried out by suicide bombers.
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Buddhist monks in Bodh Gaya pray for victims of Lanka blasts
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Buddhist monks at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya conducted a prayer meeting and took out a candlelight march last night for the victims of the serial bombings that took place in Sri Lanka on April 21.
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UN condemns Sri Lankan bombings
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 22 (ANI): The United Nations on Sunday strongly condemned the ghastly attacks in Sri Lanka, in which over 200 people were killed, stating that the serial blasts were aimed at undermining the unity of the people.
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US condemns 'outrageous terrorist attacks' in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Apr 22 (ANI): The United States on Sunday condemned the serial bombings in Sri Lanka terming it "outrageous terrorist attacks".
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2008 Assam bombing: Special CBI Court awards life imprisonment to 10 accus
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): A CBI Special Court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to 10 people, including National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) chief Ranjan Daimary in the 2008 Assam bombings case.
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Philippines: 20 killed in cathedral bombings, IS claims responsibility
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jolo [Philippines], Jan 28 (ANI): At least 20 people were killed while 111 others sustained injuries after two blasts tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Philippines' isle of Jolo on Sunday.
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BLA commander Aslam Baloch killed in Kandahar bombings, say sources
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], Dec 26 (ANI): As many as six people including Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) commander Aslam Baloch were killed in a suicide bombing attack that took place here on Monday (December 24), sources have confirmed.
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