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'Controlled explosion' reported near Colombo church
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): A "controlled explosion" was recorded near the St. Anthony's church in Kochchikade here on Monday, according to reports in Sri Lankan media.
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Interpol offers assistance to Sri Lanka to probe Sunday's blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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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2 JDS party workers killed in Colombo, confirms HD Kumaraswamy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday confirmed that two Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) workers had lost their lives in Sri Lanka while five others were missing in the coordinated bomb blasts that rocked the country in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka blasts: Death toll rises to 290, police say 24 arrested
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): The toll in the eight coordinated bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations rose to 290, police said on Monday.
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17 foreign nationals killed in Lanka blasts, says Foreign Ministry
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): At least 17 people from eight countries, including three from India, are amongst those who were killed in eight deadly blasts which rocked Sri Lanka on Sunday, said Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry.
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Sri Lanka: Memo circulated a day before had warned of attack
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 22 (ANI): A memo that warned of a potential attack was circulated a day before the deadly explosions in Sri Lanka, reports CNN.
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3 police officers killed in house raids following Sri Lanka blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 21 (ANI): Three police personnel lost their lives, while one was wounded in two explosions during a house raid in Dematagoda here following the serial blasts, according to police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara.
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3 Indians killed in Sri Lanka blasts, says Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed that three Indian nationals are amongst those who lost their lives in eight deadly terror blasts which rocked Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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Air India waives off charges for rescheduling/cancellation of flights to/f
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Air India on Sunday announced that it will waive off all charges for rescheduling and cancelling of flights booking to and from Colombo till April 24 in the wake of multiple blasts in Sri Lanka.
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MQM Chief Altaf Hussain says ISI could be behind Colombo terror blasts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 21 (ANI): Exiled Pakistani politician and founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has claimed that Pakistan's military and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) may have a hand in the multiple blasts which shook Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
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