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Guns Outnumber Guests At Bombed Cinnamon Grand Colombo Hotel In Sri Lanka
At the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, one of six Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, the silence that reigns is not just the usual hush of a plush hotel.
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The Western-Educated Bomber Who Botched Sri Lanka Hotel Attack
His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo's seafront. Instead, he ended up detonating his explosive device in a budget motel by the city's zoo, killing a couple who had arrived only half an hour earlier.
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Tech Firm Manager Third Indian From Dubai Killed In Sri Lanka Blasts
An Indian man who lived in the UAE was killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, officials said in Dubai. Some 253 people were killed and over 500 were injured when suicide bombers blew up churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on April 21, the country's worst terror attack claimed by the ISIS terror group.
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Wanted Radical Cleric Zahran Hashim Died In Hotel Attack: Lanka President
An Islamic extremist believed to have played a key role in Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings died in an attack on a Colombo hotel, the country's president confirmed Friday.
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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On Camera, Lanka Blast Suspect Walks Into Elevator Of Five-Star Hotel
CCTV footage from the Shangri-La Hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo shows two suspected terrorists wandering around the hotel, three days after the devastating blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter killed over 350 people and injured over 500.
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Woman Among 9 Bombers, Says Lanka Minister; Number Of Deaths Rises To 359
One of the nine suicide bombers who targeted hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, the country's deputy defence minister said, news agency Reuters reported.
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Sri Lanka Hotel, Attacked By Suicide Bomber, Closed Until Further Notice
Five-star hotel Shangri-La in Sri Lankan capital Colombo, that was attacked by a suicide bomber on Sunday killing several guests, will be closed till further notice, a senior hotel official said.
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Eight Britons Killed In Sri Lanka Attacks, Including Woman, Son, Daughter
Eight British citizens were among the 290 people killed in bomb attacks on hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, the UK's High Commission in Colombo said on Monday.
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"Terrorists" Continue Plotting Sri Lanka Attacks: US In Travel Advisory
The US State Department said in a revised travel advisory 'terrorist groups' were continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels on Sunday.
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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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5 Indians Among 290 Killed In Sri Lanka Serial Blasts
Five Indians have died in the serial blasts in Colombo that ripped through three churches during Easter services, four luxury hotels, where dozens of tourists were staying and a housing complex. 290 people died in the blasts and around 500people were injured, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday after a conversation with her Lankan counter...
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207 Dead In Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka's Worst Violence Since Civil War
A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 207 people, including dozens of foreigners. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks - the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war a decade ago - as "cowardly...
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Guns Outnumber Guests At Bombed Cinnamon Grand Colombo Hotel In Sri Lanka
At the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, one of six Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, the silence that reigns is not just the usual hush of a plush hotel.
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The Western-Educated Bomber Who Botched Sri Lanka Hotel Attack
His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo's seafront. Instead, he ended up detonating his explosive device in a budget motel by the city's zoo, killing a couple who had arrived only half an hour earlier.
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Tech Firm Manager Third Indian From Dubai Killed In Sri Lanka Blasts
An Indian man who lived in the UAE was killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, officials said in Dubai. Some 253 people were killed and over 500 were injured when suicide bombers blew up churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on April 21, the country's worst terror attack claimed by the ISIS terror group.
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Wanted Radical Cleric Zahran Hashim Died In Hotel Attack: Lanka President
An Islamic extremist believed to have played a key role in Sri Lanka's deadly Easter bombings died in an attack on a Colombo hotel, the country's president confirmed Friday.
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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On Camera, Lanka Blast Suspect Walks Into Elevator Of Five-Star Hotel
CCTV footage from the Shangri-La Hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo shows two suspected terrorists wandering around the hotel, three days after the devastating blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter killed over 350 people and injured over 500.
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Woman Among 9 Bombers, Says Lanka Minister; Number Of Deaths Rises To 359
One of the nine suicide bombers who targeted hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, the country's deputy defence minister said, news agency Reuters reported.
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Sri Lanka Hotel, Attacked By Suicide Bomber, Closed Until Further Notice
Five-star hotel Shangri-La in Sri Lankan capital Colombo, that was attacked by a suicide bomber on Sunday killing several guests, will be closed till further notice, a senior hotel official said.
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Eight Britons Killed In Sri Lanka Attacks, Including Woman, Son, Daughter
Eight British citizens were among the 290 people killed in bomb attacks on hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, the UK's High Commission in Colombo said on Monday.
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"Terrorists" Continue Plotting Sri Lanka Attacks: US In Travel Advisory
The US State Department said in a revised travel advisory 'terrorist groups' were continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels on Sunday.
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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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5 Indians Among 290 Killed In Sri Lanka Serial Blasts
Five Indians have died in the serial blasts in Colombo that ripped through three churches during Easter services, four luxury hotels, where dozens of tourists were staying and a housing complex. 290 people died in the blasts and around 500people were injured, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday after a conversation with her Lankan counter...
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207 Dead In Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka's Worst Violence Since Civil War
A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 207 people, including dozens of foreigners. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks - the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war a decade ago - as "cowardly...
