The world was saddened Easter morning as news spread that churches and hotels in Sri Lanka were being attacked by suicide bombers which would …
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KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka—At dusk two Fridays ago, armed troops and police closed in on a safe house linked to the plotters of the coordinated Easter …
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Father Fabrice Loschi, prior of St. Francis Xavier Priory in Negombo (Sri Lanka), on site, brings us up to date on the current situation, after the Easter …
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Sri Lankans are yet to fully comprehend the dreadful Easter blasts that shook the country less than a fortnight ago, killing over 250 people across …
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NEW DELHI — It was one of the last places anyone expected the Islamic State to strike. Just weeks after its decisive defeat in Syria, the radical group …
May 032019
Interestingly, Sri Lanka’s security forces were warned of the attacks at least ten days before, but, apparently, they did not take the warning seriously.
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A travel advisory for Sri Lanka was issued immediately after the attack. Since then, the calculated risk level has risen from “exercise a high degree of …
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On Wednesday, more than a week after Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks, administrators at this mosque were on high alert. One of the serial explosions had …
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NEW YORK (RNS) — Brian Kurukulasuriya has never lived in Sri Lanka. But to him, the Easter Sunday bombings felt personal. He remembers lighting …
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Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a “specific threat” against two religious locations after the deadly …