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Tag: Sirisena

Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan bombers unmasked amid ‘intel fiasco’

by Saikat Datta and Kris Thomas April 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Three days after the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 350 people, investigators have come up with names of at least three suicide bombers – and a plot that stretches from Afghanistan to India and Bangladesh. The attack has been claimed the Islamic State (ISIS), which posted videos of the suicide bombers […]

Posted inMiddle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria

ISIS Sri Lanka claim mixes Tamil, Arabic

by Saikat Datta and Alison Tahmizian Meuse April 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan PM ‘not told of attacks warning’

by Jim Pollard and Saikat Datta April 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inSouth Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Sri Lanka’s top military officer shifted to safer prison

by Kris Thomas November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

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