Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Sri Lanka Bombings
Posted on AllSides April 23rd, 2019
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Sri Lanka’s government says it has information the bombers were reacting to last month’s terrorist attack on mosques in New Zealand
Terrorist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the coordinated Easter bombings of churches and hotels that killed more than 300 people in Sri Lanka, as investigators worked to identify links with local militants who officials believe helped carry out the attacks.
“The executors of the attack that targeted citizens of coalition states and Christians in Sri Lanka two days ago were Islamic State fighters,” Islamic State said in a...
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