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    Six dead in suicide blast at Kabul military academy

    Six dead in suicide blast at Kabul military academy

    30 May 2019

    At least six people were killed and six more wounded in a suicide blast outside a military academy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, an official said. The attack outside...

    Sri Lanka troops launch major hunt for extremists linked to suicide attacks

    Sri Lanka troops launch major hunt for extremists linked to suicide attacks

    25 May 2019

    Sri Lanka’s military launched a major hunt on Saturday for remnants of an extremist group which carried out the Easter suicide bombings that killed 258 people, officials said. Several Colombo...

    Sri Lanka suspends police chief over Easter attacks

    Sri Lanka suspends police chief over Easter attacks

    29 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka's president suspended the chief of police on Monday and appointed a new defence secretary in a shake-up of the shell-shocked country's security services following the Easter Sunday terror...

    Security boosted as Lanka mourns suicide blast dead

    Security boosted as Lanka mourns suicide blast dead

    28 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka’s churches remained shut on Sunday forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country’s Roman Catholic leader called “an insult...

    Lanka lowers attacks toll to 253 as some ‘double-counted’

    Lanka lowers attacks toll to 253 as some ‘double-counted’

    25 Apr 2019

    Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday revised the toll from Easter bombings down to 253, from the previous figure of 359, explaining that some of the badly mutilated bodies had been...

    Top Sri Lanka defence official resigns over blasts

    Top Sri Lanka defence official resigns over blasts

    25 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka's top defence official resigned on Thursday over security failures that led to the deadly Easter bombings, as Catholic churches suspended all services fearing further attacks. ...

    Sri Lanka troops join hunt for bomb attack suspects

    Sri Lanka troops join hunt for bomb attack suspects

    25 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka deployed thousands of additional troops countrywide overnight to help police hunt for suspects in the Easter Sunday suicide blasts that killed nearly 360 people, a spokesman said on...

    Sri Lanka admits ‘major’ lapse over deadly blasts

    Sri Lanka admits ‘major’ lapse over deadly blasts

    24 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka’s government on Wednesday acknowledged “major” lapses over its failure to prevent the horrific Easter attacks that killed more than 350 people, despite prior intelligence warnings. Recriminations...

    Sri Lanka falls silent for victims of attack

    Sri Lanka falls silent for victims of attack

    23 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka fell silent for three minutes Tuesday on a day of national mourning to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed on...

    Death toll from Sri Lanka blasts rises sharply to 290

    Death toll from Sri Lanka blasts rises sharply to 290

    22 Apr 2019

    Sri Lanka said on Monday it was invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, which killed 290...

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