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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
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Sri Lanka Army Denies Colluding With Anti-Muslim Rioters
Sri Lanka's army today denied allegations that its troops colluded with anti-Muslim mobs and failed to contain widespread riots that killed one man in a backlash against the Easter terror attacks.
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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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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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Possible Attacks On Buddhist Temples, Sri Lankan Intelligence Reports
Female bombers posing as devotees may have been planning to attack Sri Lanka's Buddhist temples after authorities seized white clothes from a house that was raided following Easter Sunday blasts, a media report said today.
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How Peaceful, Idyllic Sri Lanka Became A Soft Target For Terrorists
A week ago, Sri Lankan tourist guide Ricky Costa was preparing for a typically easy Sunday ferrying backpackers between Colombo's tea shops and beach bars in his canary-yellow rickshaw. Then the blasts began.
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Sri Lanka Releases Photos Of Suspects In Attacks That Killed Nearly 250
Sri Lanka has released photographs of six suspects, including three women, wanted for their involvement in the deadly Easter attacks that killed nearly 250 people. Police have intensified search and arrested 16 people, taking the number of those i custody to 76.
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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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Cleric In ISIS Video Could Be Sri Lanka Suicide Attack Mastermind
Standing under a black flag of the ISIS, eight men declare their loyalty to the group's leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. "We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions," they say, before praising Allah.
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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
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Sri Lanka Army Denies Colluding With Anti-Muslim Rioters
Sri Lanka's army today denied allegations that its troops colluded with anti-Muslim mobs and failed to contain widespread riots that killed one man in a backlash against the Easter terror attacks.
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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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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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Possible Attacks On Buddhist Temples, Sri Lankan Intelligence Reports
Female bombers posing as devotees may have been planning to attack Sri Lanka's Buddhist temples after authorities seized white clothes from a house that was raided following Easter Sunday blasts, a media report said today.
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How Peaceful, Idyllic Sri Lanka Became A Soft Target For Terrorists
A week ago, Sri Lankan tourist guide Ricky Costa was preparing for a typically easy Sunday ferrying backpackers between Colombo's tea shops and beach bars in his canary-yellow rickshaw. Then the blasts began.
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Sri Lanka Releases Photos Of Suspects In Attacks That Killed Nearly 250
Sri Lanka has released photographs of six suspects, including three women, wanted for their involvement in the deadly Easter attacks that killed nearly 250 people. Police have intensified search and arrested 16 people, taking the number of those i custody to 76.
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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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Cleric In ISIS Video Could Be Sri Lanka Suicide Attack Mastermind
Standing under a black flag of the ISIS, eight men declare their loyalty to the group's leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. "We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions," they say, before praising Allah.
