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Sri Lanka Begins Trials For 2019 Easter Attack That Left 270 People Dead
- Monday November 22, 2021
- World News | Reuters
A Sri Lankan court on Monday began the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups.
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www.ndtv.com
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
- Wednesday February 24, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka President Sacks Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attacks Probe
- Saturday June 8, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said Saturday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
- Friday May 31, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
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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www.ndtv.com
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NIA Team Reaches Sri Lanka Over Easter Bombings Probe
- Wednesday May 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A two-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is in Sri Lanka to hold discussions with authorities about a probe in the Easter Sunday bombings over claims that some terrorists, owning allegiance to ISIS, had travelled to India, including Kashmir, officials said today.
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www.ndtv.com
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DNA Test Confirms Death Of Terror Group Leader In Sri Lanka Easter Blasts
- Tuesday May 21, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
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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www.ndtv.com
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In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings
- Tuesday May 21, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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www.ndtv.com
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Safe For Catholic Schools To Reopen, Says Sri Lanka Army
- Tuesday May 21, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka has tightened security ahead of the reopening Tuesday of some Catholic schools for the first time since the Easter bombings that killed 258 people, the army chief said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Mosques Attacked In Sri Lanka Town After Facebook Row, Curfew Imposed
- Sunday May 12, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka's west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
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www.ndtv.com
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
- Thursday May 9, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Official, Injured In Sri Lanka Suicide Attack, Dies In Hospital
- Wednesday May 8, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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www.ndtv.com
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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
- Wednesday May 8, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
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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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
- Tuesday May 7, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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www.ndtv.com
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Terror Group Behind Sri Lanka Bombings Has Rs 7 Billion In Assets: Police
- Tuesday May 7, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
The ISIS-linked Sri Lankan extremist group National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), blamed for the Easter Sunday bombings, has been found possessing more than Rs 140 million in cash and other assets worth over Rs 7 billion, police said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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All Suspects In Sri Lanka Bombings Arrested Or Dead: Police Chief
- Tuesday May 7, 2019
- World News | Reuters
All suspected plotters and those directly linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings have either been arrested or are dead, the country's acting police chief said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Begins Trials For 2019 Easter Attack That Left 270 People Dead
- Monday November 22, 2021
- World News | Reuters
A Sri Lankan court on Monday began the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups.
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www.ndtv.com
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
- Wednesday February 24, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka President Sacks Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attacks Probe
- Saturday June 8, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said Saturday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
- Friday May 31, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
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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www.ndtv.com
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NIA Team Reaches Sri Lanka Over Easter Bombings Probe
- Wednesday May 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A two-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is in Sri Lanka to hold discussions with authorities about a probe in the Easter Sunday bombings over claims that some terrorists, owning allegiance to ISIS, had travelled to India, including Kashmir, officials said today.
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www.ndtv.com
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DNA Test Confirms Death Of Terror Group Leader In Sri Lanka Easter Blasts
- Tuesday May 21, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
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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www.ndtv.com
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In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings
- Tuesday May 21, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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www.ndtv.com
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Safe For Catholic Schools To Reopen, Says Sri Lanka Army
- Tuesday May 21, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka has tightened security ahead of the reopening Tuesday of some Catholic schools for the first time since the Easter bombings that killed 258 people, the army chief said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Mosques Attacked In Sri Lanka Town After Facebook Row, Curfew Imposed
- Sunday May 12, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka's west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
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www.ndtv.com
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
- Thursday May 9, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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www.ndtv.com
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US Official, Injured In Sri Lanka Suicide Attack, Dies In Hospital
- Wednesday May 8, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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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www.ndtv.com
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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
- Wednesday May 8, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
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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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
- Tuesday May 7, 2019
- World News | Reuters
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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www.ndtv.com
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Terror Group Behind Sri Lanka Bombings Has Rs 7 Billion In Assets: Police
- Tuesday May 7, 2019
- World News | Press Trust of India
The ISIS-linked Sri Lankan extremist group National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), blamed for the Easter Sunday bombings, has been found possessing more than Rs 140 million in cash and other assets worth over Rs 7 billion, police said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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All Suspects In Sri Lanka Bombings Arrested Or Dead: Police Chief
- Tuesday May 7, 2019
- World News | Reuters
All suspected plotters and those directly linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings have either been arrested or are dead, the country's acting police chief said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com