29

Apr

Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka start to leave impact on tourism

Sri Lankan Airlines' chief executive Visual Gunatilleka said on Monday that the carrier had a 10 percent increase in cancellations last week and expects that number to go up. He…

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29

Apr

Face coverings in Sri Lanka banned after Easter Sunday attacks

Sri Lanka has banned face coverings in public, following the suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds. President Maithruipala Sisirsena said he was…

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27

Apr

Catholic Church in Sri Lanka cancels all Sunday Mass

  The Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Ranjith announced that the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has cancelled all Sunday Mass until further notice following the Easter Sunday bombings. The Archbishop…

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27

Apr

Six children among those found dead after fierce firefight in Sri Lanka

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka. The gun battle between…

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25

Apr

Mysterious blast in Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan police spokesman also said there was a so-far unexplained explosion in a town east of the capital but there were no casualties. It was not a controlled…

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24

Apr

Sri Lanka investigates ISIS ties to Easter bombings

Sri Lankan authorities are investigating what role international terrorist networks may have played in a string of suicide bombings Easter Sunday after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the gruesome…

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24

Apr

Controlled explosion by police in the Sri Lankan capital causes panic

Sri Lanka's defence minister said that a blast that occurred in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday morning  was a controlled explosion by a special police task force. The…

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24

Apr

Sri Lanka ‘bombing mastermind’ identified

  Sri Lankan intelligence has named the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks as Moulvi Zahran Hashim, an extremist local cleric who incited his followers to violence with fiery sermons…

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23

Apr

Isis claim responsibility for Easter Sunday attacks… Footage emerges of one of the Sri Lankan terrorist entering a church

Isis have just claimed Sunday’s suicide attacks in Sri Lanka, claiming they were the work of “fighters of the Islamic State” via their Amaq news agency. The group did not…

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23

Apr

Mass funerals in Sri Lanka as death toll surpasses 300 persons

  Sri Lanka has held its first mass funeral as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday's bomb blasts. Earlier, a moment of silence was…

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22

Apr

Another bomb explodes next to a church in Sri Lanka

  A fresh explosion has rocked the Sri Lankan capital Colombo as bomb squad officials were trying to defuse a device. The explosion took place near St Anthony’s Shrine in Sri Lanka, one…

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22

Apr

UPDATED: The Sri Lanka Bombings: Children of Asos owner among the foreign victims

Anders Holch Povlsen, Denmark’s richest man and Asos owner, has said three of his children were killed in the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sir Lanka. Anders Holch Povlsen's four…

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22

Apr

UPDATED: Sri Lankan bombing investigation concentrates on little known Islamist group

  As the death toll from the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka continues to increase, reports are indicating that investigators are focusing on the National Thowheeth Jama'ath, a little-known…

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22

Apr

Death toll soars to 290 after Sri Lankan attacks

  The death toll in Sri Lanka has reached 290 after a wave of blasts hit churches and luxury hotels across the country on Easter Sunday. The death toll could…

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21

Apr

UPDATED: The Sri Lanka Bombings: What we know so far

Update: A string of eight devastating blasts, including suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 215 people and shattering a…

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21

Apr

The Sri Lanka explosions in photos

At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. At least eight blasts were reported. Three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa…

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21

Apr

UPDATED: Churches and hotels across Sri Lanka hit by bomb blasts… at least 200 dead…country rocked by eighth blast

More than 200  people have died and nearly 300 were injured in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday when three churches and four hotels and a zoo were hit by explosions.…

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