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Sri Lankan Man Who Confronted Bomber At Church Door Remembered
Ramesh Raju has become a hero to the shell-shocked congregation of the Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa after he died stopping a suicide bomber who was bent on killing hundreds of people.
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Sri Lankan Church Ended Its Easter Sunday Mass Early, Escaped Bomb Attack
The suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Zion Church in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa town had intended to target another church before realising that the Easter mass there had already ended.
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On Camera, Alleged Suicide Bomber Pats Girl Before Entering Sri Lanka Church
CCTV footage aired by a local Sri Lankan channel shows one of the alleged suicide bombers entering the St Sebastian Church in Negombo, moments before a blast ripped through the church during the Easter Sunday mass.
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Sri Lanka Wakes To Emergency Law After Easter Bombing Attacks
Sri Lankans woke to emergency law on Tuesday as authorities searched for those behind suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people at the weekend, with the focus turning to militants with links to foreign groups.
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Trump Calls Sri Lanka PM To Express Condolences Over Attacks
US President Donald Trump called Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday to express condolences over the killing of nearly 300 people in suicide bomb blasts at churches and hotels.
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Wife, Sister Of Shangri La Hotel Bomber Killed In Separate Blast: Police
The wife and sister of the suicide bomber at the Shangri La Hotel in Sri Lanka were also killed in a separate suicide blast after a bomber blew himself up causing the concrete floor of a two-storey building to crash on them in a suburb in northern Colombo, police told a court on Monday.
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Sri Lanka Massive Terror Attack: No Group Takes Responsibility Yet
Suicide bombers struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 290 people in a highly coordinated attack targeting Christians and foreigners that left this island nation reeling.
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Sri Lankan Family Left Crowded Church. The Decision Saved Their Lives
When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life.
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Woman With Baby Waved Gun, Threatened To Blow Up Church In US
Church-goers tackled a woman who held a 10-month-old baby, waved a gun and threatened to blow up the building at an Easter Sunday service in San Diego, leading to her arrest, police said.
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Sri Lanka Police Find 87 Bomb Detonators At Colombo's Main Bus Station: Updates
Bomb Blast in Sri Lanka Updates: A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. The apparently coordinated attacks were the deadliest to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that kil...
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Sri Lanka Suicide Bomber Queued At Hotel Buffet, Then Set Off The Blast
The suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back.
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Sri Lanka Timeline: How Explosions Wrought Devastation On Easter Sunday
Across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning, travelers and worshippers settled in at tables for breakfast and into pews at churches on the country's east and west coasts. Then the explosions began.
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Kerala Woman, In Sri Lanka To Meet Relatives, Dies In Bomb Blasts
Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: A Kerala woman on holiday in Sri Lanka died in the blasts on Easter Sunday. She was among the 207 people who died in a string of bomb blasts at high-end hotels and churches in Columbo this morning.
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After Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka, Security Stepped Up At Churches In Goa
The Goa government on Sunday heightenedsecurity at the churches across the state following a string of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 160 people earlier in the day.
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Virat Kohli, Saina Mirza Express Shock As Serial Blasts Hit Sri Lanka On Easter
The blasts hit several high-end hotels and a church in Colombo, while two other churches were targeted outside Colombo.
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Sri Lankan Man Who Confronted Bomber At Church Door Remembered
Ramesh Raju has become a hero to the shell-shocked congregation of the Zion evangelical church in Batticaloa after he died stopping a suicide bomber who was bent on killing hundreds of people.
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Sri Lankan Church Ended Its Easter Sunday Mass Early, Escaped Bomb Attack
The suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Zion Church in Sri Lanka's Batticaloa town had intended to target another church before realising that the Easter mass there had already ended.
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On Camera, Alleged Suicide Bomber Pats Girl Before Entering Sri Lanka Church
CCTV footage aired by a local Sri Lankan channel shows one of the alleged suicide bombers entering the St Sebastian Church in Negombo, moments before a blast ripped through the church during the Easter Sunday mass.
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Sri Lanka Wakes To Emergency Law After Easter Bombing Attacks
Sri Lankans woke to emergency law on Tuesday as authorities searched for those behind suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people at the weekend, with the focus turning to militants with links to foreign groups.
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Trump Calls Sri Lanka PM To Express Condolences Over Attacks
US President Donald Trump called Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday to express condolences over the killing of nearly 300 people in suicide bomb blasts at churches and hotels.
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Wife, Sister Of Shangri La Hotel Bomber Killed In Separate Blast: Police
The wife and sister of the suicide bomber at the Shangri La Hotel in Sri Lanka were also killed in a separate suicide blast after a bomber blew himself up causing the concrete floor of a two-storey building to crash on them in a suburb in northern Colombo, police told a court on Monday.
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Sri Lanka Massive Terror Attack: No Group Takes Responsibility Yet
Suicide bombers struck churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing at least 290 people in a highly coordinated attack targeting Christians and foreigners that left this island nation reeling.
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Sri Lankan Family Left Crowded Church. The Decision Saved Their Lives
When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life.
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Woman With Baby Waved Gun, Threatened To Blow Up Church In US
Church-goers tackled a woman who held a 10-month-old baby, waved a gun and threatened to blow up the building at an Easter Sunday service in San Diego, leading to her arrest, police said.
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Sri Lanka Police Find 87 Bomb Detonators At Colombo's Main Bus Station: Updates
Bomb Blast in Sri Lanka Updates: A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 290 people, including dozens of foreigners. The apparently coordinated attacks were the deadliest to hit the country in the decade since the end of a bloody civil war that kil...
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Sri Lanka Suicide Bomber Queued At Hotel Buffet, Then Set Off The Blast
The suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back.
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Sri Lanka Timeline: How Explosions Wrought Devastation On Easter Sunday
Across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning, travelers and worshippers settled in at tables for breakfast and into pews at churches on the country's east and west coasts. Then the explosions began.
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Kerala Woman, In Sri Lanka To Meet Relatives, Dies In Bomb Blasts
Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: A Kerala woman on holiday in Sri Lanka died in the blasts on Easter Sunday. She was among the 207 people who died in a string of bomb blasts at high-end hotels and churches in Columbo this morning.
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After Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka, Security Stepped Up At Churches In Goa
The Goa government on Sunday heightenedsecurity at the churches across the state following a string of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 160 people earlier in the day.
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Virat Kohli, Saina Mirza Express Shock As Serial Blasts Hit Sri Lanka On Easter
The blasts hit several high-end hotels and a church in Colombo, while two other churches were targeted outside Colombo.
