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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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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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ISIS Mastermind, With Alleged Sri Lanka Link, Arrested In Tamil Nadu
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module, who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, after it carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore, officials said.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today said he has not received any report that the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had travelled to India.
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DNA Test Confirms Death Of Terror Group Leader In Sri Lanka Easter Blasts
Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed through DNA tests that one of the two suicide bombers who died in the Shangri-La Hotel bombing during Easter Sunday attacks was Zahran Cassim, the leader of the local terror group National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ).
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'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators
One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.
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Lankan Techie, Under Indian Surveillance, Key In Bombings: Investigators
A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with ISIS suspects, investigators said.
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Sri Lanka Bomber Was Radicalised By British-Pakistani Preacher In UK
One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report.
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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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No Record To Suggest That Some Sri Lanka Bombers Visited Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh Sunday said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation.
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Sri Lanka Bomber's Kin "Cooperating Fully" With New Zealand Police
The Auckland-based mother and sister of one of the Sri Lankan Easter Sunday suicide bombers have been "cooperating fully" with the New Zealand police following the attacks that killed over 250 people.
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Bombers Visited Kashmir, Kerala Before Attacks, Says Sri Lanka Army Chief
Some of the suicide bombers who carried out the last month's devastating attacks in Sri Lanka visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sort of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits, the country's army chief claimed on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Attack Mastermind Used Chatrooms To Sway Suicide Bombers
While Sri Lanka Easter suicide attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim used social media to publicly call for the death of non-Muslims, he worked for months in private chatrooms to persuade six young men to sacrifice themselves, Muslim community leaders say.
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Terrorists Used "Easily Available Chemicals" To Make Bombs: Sri Lanka PM
The suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka assembled easily-available chemicals to make explosives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, as authorities probe how terrorists acquired the technical knowledge.
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Riches To Radicalism: How Two Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers
The two brothers zoomed around the Sri Lankan capital in flashy cars and pursued thriving careers, now their neighbours are struggling to understand how the pair turned to radical Islam and became suicide bombers.
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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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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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ISIS Mastermind, With Alleged Sri Lanka Link, Arrested In Tamil Nadu
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module, who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, after it carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore, officials said.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today said he has not received any report that the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had travelled to India.
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DNA Test Confirms Death Of Terror Group Leader In Sri Lanka Easter Blasts
Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed through DNA tests that one of the two suicide bombers who died in the Shangri-La Hotel bombing during Easter Sunday attacks was Zahran Cassim, the leader of the local terror group National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ).
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'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators
One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.
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Lankan Techie, Under Indian Surveillance, Key In Bombings: Investigators
A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with ISIS suspects, investigators said.
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Sri Lanka Bomber Was Radicalised By British-Pakistani Preacher In UK
One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report.
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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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No Record To Suggest That Some Sri Lanka Bombers Visited Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh Sunday said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation.
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Sri Lanka Bomber's Kin "Cooperating Fully" With New Zealand Police
The Auckland-based mother and sister of one of the Sri Lankan Easter Sunday suicide bombers have been "cooperating fully" with the New Zealand police following the attacks that killed over 250 people.
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Bombers Visited Kashmir, Kerala Before Attacks, Says Sri Lanka Army Chief
Some of the suicide bombers who carried out the last month's devastating attacks in Sri Lanka visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sort of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits, the country's army chief claimed on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Attack Mastermind Used Chatrooms To Sway Suicide Bombers
While Sri Lanka Easter suicide attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim used social media to publicly call for the death of non-Muslims, he worked for months in private chatrooms to persuade six young men to sacrifice themselves, Muslim community leaders say.
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Terrorists Used "Easily Available Chemicals" To Make Bombs: Sri Lanka PM
The suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka assembled easily-available chemicals to make explosives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, as authorities probe how terrorists acquired the technical knowledge.
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Riches To Radicalism: How Two Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers
The two brothers zoomed around the Sri Lankan capital in flashy cars and pursued thriving careers, now their neighbours are struggling to understand how the pair turned to radical Islam and became suicide bombers.
