2019 Easter Sunday Attacks
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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Sri Lanka President Orders Fresh Probe Into 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's president announced an investigation Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country's worst attack against civilians.
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Sri Lankan Ex-President To Pay 100 Million Rupees To Easter Attack Victims
Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena was on Thursday ordered by the country's top courtto pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for his negligence in preventing the attack.
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On 2019 Easter Attacks Probe, Sri Lanka Acting President's Request To UK
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
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Sri Lanka Charges 25 Suspects In Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians, the president's office said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Arrests MP Rishad Bathiudeen, His Brother Over Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's police Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted.
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Mastermind Of 2019 Easter Terror Attacks Identified: Sri Lankan Minister
A top Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday that a radical cleric, who is now under detention, has been identified as the mastermind of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.
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Sri Lanka Church 'Forgives' 2019 Suicide Bombers Who Killed 279 People
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter.
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In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings
Hundreds of Catholics prayed outside the bombed St Anthony's Church in Colombo on Tuesday, marking one month since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed 258 people in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Gets Long-Delayed $164 Million Loan Installment From IMF
The International Monetary Fund Tuesday released a long-delayed loan instalment to Sri Lanka, providing financial relief to a government still reeling from the Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 258 lives.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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US Official, Injured In Sri Lanka Suicide Attack, Dies In Hospital
A US official wounded in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday suicide bombings has died in hospital, raising to 258 the total number killed, including 45 foreigners, officials said Wednesday.
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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Sri Lanka President Orders Fresh Probe Into 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's president announced an investigation Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country's worst attack against civilians.
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Sri Lankan Ex-President To Pay 100 Million Rupees To Easter Attack Victims
Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena was on Thursday ordered by the country's top courtto pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for his negligence in preventing the attack.
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On 2019 Easter Attacks Probe, Sri Lanka Acting President's Request To UK
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
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Sri Lanka Charges 25 Suspects In Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians, the president's office said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Arrests MP Rishad Bathiudeen, His Brother Over Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's police Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted.
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Mastermind Of 2019 Easter Terror Attacks Identified: Sri Lankan Minister
A top Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday that a radical cleric, who is now under detention, has been identified as the mastermind of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.
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Sri Lanka Church 'Forgives' 2019 Suicide Bombers Who Killed 279 People
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter.
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In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings
Hundreds of Catholics prayed outside the bombed St Anthony's Church in Colombo on Tuesday, marking one month since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed 258 people in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Gets Long-Delayed $164 Million Loan Installment From IMF
The International Monetary Fund Tuesday released a long-delayed loan instalment to Sri Lanka, providing financial relief to a government still reeling from the Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 258 lives.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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US Official, Injured In Sri Lanka Suicide Attack, Dies In Hospital
A US official wounded in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday suicide bombings has died in hospital, raising to 258 the total number killed, including 45 foreigners, officials said Wednesday.
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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
