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Indian High Commission was 'potential target' in Easter Sunday attack: Sri
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 23 (ANI): The select committee of Sri Lankan Parliament on Sunday Easter attack has said that the Indian High Commission here was a "potential target" of terror attack and also referred to intelligence input about a hotel where Indians were staying in large numbers
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Lanka's Wickremesinghe says govt responsible for mistakes that lead to Eas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the Sri Lankan government, along with the cabinet of ministers, are responsible for the mistakes and lapses which enabled a local terror group to launch successful attacks on Easter Sunday that killed more th
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Attackers of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings were inspire by ISIS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people were carried out by local groups who drew inspiration from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka: 5 terror suspects arrested with Rs 1 bn in bank accounts
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 26 (ANI): The bank accounts of five terror suspects, who were arrested a day earlier for close links with Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), had funds worth Rs 1 billion, a senior police official said.
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State of emergency extended in Sri Lanka by one month
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 22 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the nation by one month in the aftermath of the devastating Easter attacks.
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Sri Lanka: MP to be grilled over links with terror group NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 22 (ANI): A member of Parliament who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), has been detained and will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka: Death toll in Easter Sunday bombing rose to 257
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 2 (ANI): The death toll in a series of coordinated bombing that rocked Sri Lanka on April 21, has risen to 257 on Thursday.
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Easter blasts: Sri Lanka bans 2 terror groups, including NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday banned the activities of two terror groups suspected to be behind the horrific coordinated blasts in Sri Lanka earlier this week that claimed lives of more than 250 people.
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