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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 Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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Sri Lanka Suspends 2 Top Officials Over False Warning About Terror Attack
Sri Lanka's police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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PM Modi First Foreign Leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Bombings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will briefly visit Sri Lanka on Sunday during which he will hold discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena, according to the president's office in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
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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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Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony
Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.
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Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings
The external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory asking citizens travelling to Sri Lanka to be careful and vigilant in view of last month's bombings in which over 250 people were killed.
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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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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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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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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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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
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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 Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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Sri Lanka Suspends 2 Top Officials Over False Warning About Terror Attack
Sri Lanka's police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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PM Modi First Foreign Leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Bombings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will briefly visit Sri Lanka on Sunday during which he will hold discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena, according to the president's office in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
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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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Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony
Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.
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Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings
The external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory asking citizens travelling to Sri Lanka to be careful and vigilant in view of last month's bombings in which over 250 people were killed.
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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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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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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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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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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
