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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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Sri Lanka Arrests Saudi-Educated Scholar Over Links With Easter Bombings
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island's Muslims.
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Court Orders DNA Test To Verify Death Of Sri Lanka Blasts Mastermind
A Sri Lankan court has ordered a DNA test before May 15 to verify the death of Zahran Hashim, the ring leader of the local terror group NTJ which the government blamed carried out the devastating Easter Sunday bombings killing over 250 people.
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Sri Lanka Police Discover Suspected Training Camp For Terrorists
Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where terrorists linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.
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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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Arrested Kerala Man Had Links With Lanka Blasts Mastermind, Says NIA
A man arrested for allegedly plotting terror attacks in Kerala, allegedly had links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected mastermind of the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, sources in the National Investigation Agency told NDTV. Riyas A, also known as Riyas Aboobacker and Abu Dujana -- was arrested from Palakkad. Officials in the NIA say he was inspi...
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Inspired By Lanka Mastermind, Man Plotted Suicide Attack In Kerala
A man who was allegedly conspiring to commit a terrorist attack in Kerala, reportedly inspired by the alleged mastermind of the Sri Lanka bombings, has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency or NIA.
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Sri Lanka Bomb Suspect's Sister Fears 18 Relatives Killed In Gun Battle
The sister of the suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka's deadly April 21 Easter Sunday bombings has said that up to 18 of her family members are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids, the media reported.
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"Black Sheep": The Mastermind Of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday Bombs
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College. He was a nobody, with no claim to scholarship other than ambition.
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The Remote Sri Lankan Enclave That Produced The Mastermind Of A Massacre
To enter this seaside town, visitors pass through a soaring arched gateway bearing messages of welcome and verses in Arabic calligraphy. Beyond it is a city of narrow streets and dozens of mosques, an island of Islamic life in a predominantly Buddhist country.
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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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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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Sri Lanka Arrests Saudi-Educated Scholar Over Links With Easter Bombings
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island's Muslims.
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Court Orders DNA Test To Verify Death Of Sri Lanka Blasts Mastermind
A Sri Lankan court has ordered a DNA test before May 15 to verify the death of Zahran Hashim, the ring leader of the local terror group NTJ which the government blamed carried out the devastating Easter Sunday bombings killing over 250 people.
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Sri Lanka Police Discover Suspected Training Camp For Terrorists
Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where terrorists linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.
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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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Arrested Kerala Man Had Links With Lanka Blasts Mastermind, Says NIA
A man arrested for allegedly plotting terror attacks in Kerala, allegedly had links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected mastermind of the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka, sources in the National Investigation Agency told NDTV. Riyas A, also known as Riyas Aboobacker and Abu Dujana -- was arrested from Palakkad. Officials in the NIA say he was inspi...
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Inspired By Lanka Mastermind, Man Plotted Suicide Attack In Kerala
A man who was allegedly conspiring to commit a terrorist attack in Kerala, reportedly inspired by the alleged mastermind of the Sri Lanka bombings, has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency or NIA.
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Sri Lanka Bomb Suspect's Sister Fears 18 Relatives Killed In Gun Battle
The sister of the suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka's deadly April 21 Easter Sunday bombings has said that up to 18 of her family members are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids, the media reported.
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"Black Sheep": The Mastermind Of Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday Bombs
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College. He was a nobody, with no claim to scholarship other than ambition.
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The Remote Sri Lankan Enclave That Produced The Mastermind Of A Massacre
To enter this seaside town, visitors pass through a soaring arched gateway bearing messages of welcome and verses in Arabic calligraphy. Beyond it is a city of narrow streets and dozens of mosques, an island of Islamic life in a predominantly Buddhist country.
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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.
