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Sri Lanka Lawmaker To Be Questioned Over Links To Easter Blasts
Member of Sri Lankan Parliament Mohamed Naushad Jalaldeen, who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.
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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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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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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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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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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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How Sri Lanka's Army, Air Force, Navy Are Hunting For Bombing Suspects
Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops overnight to help police search for suspects in Easter suicide bomb attacks claimed by the ISIS that killed nearly 360 people.
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Lahore Easter Blasts: Over 5,000 Detained In Terror Crackdown
Over 5,000 people were rounded up in the two days since the Easter Sunday bombing in Lahore with more than 200 still in custody, Pakistan's Punjab Province Law Minister said today and announced that a Joint Investigation Team has been formed to probe the attack.
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Pakistan Detains Hundreds As Militants Taunt PM Over Easter Blast
Pakistan has detained more than 200 people since the Easter Sunday park bombing which killed 73 people including many children, officials said Tuesday, as the militants behind the attack taunted the prime minister.
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Pakistan Army Crackdown As Families Bury Victims Of Easter Blast
Pakistan's army launched raids and arrested suspects Monday after a Taliban suicide bomber targeting Christians over Easter killed 72 people including many children in a park crowded with families.
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Sri Lanka Lawmaker To Be Questioned Over Links To Easter Blasts
Member of Sri Lankan Parliament Mohamed Naushad Jalaldeen, who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.
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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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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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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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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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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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How Sri Lanka's Army, Air Force, Navy Are Hunting For Bombing Suspects
Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops overnight to help police search for suspects in Easter suicide bomb attacks claimed by the ISIS that killed nearly 360 people.
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Lahore Easter Blasts: Over 5,000 Detained In Terror Crackdown
Over 5,000 people were rounded up in the two days since the Easter Sunday bombing in Lahore with more than 200 still in custody, Pakistan's Punjab Province Law Minister said today and announced that a Joint Investigation Team has been formed to probe the attack.
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Pakistan Detains Hundreds As Militants Taunt PM Over Easter Blast
Pakistan has detained more than 200 people since the Easter Sunday park bombing which killed 73 people including many children, officials said Tuesday, as the militants behind the attack taunted the prime minister.
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Pakistan Army Crackdown As Families Bury Victims Of Easter Blast
Pakistan's army launched raids and arrested suspects Monday after a Taliban suicide bomber targeting Christians over Easter killed 72 people including many children in a park crowded with families.
