Sri Lanka Bombing

• Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid warnings of possible car bombs

  The U.S. embassy in Sri Lanka also urged its citizens to avoid places of worship over the coming weekend.

  World

  Apr 25, 2019
  
• Sri Lankan authorities bring in more people — including foreigners — for questioning after bombings

  Sri Lankan police said an Egyptian and several Pakistanis were among those detained overnight, although there was no immediate suggestion they had direct links to the attacks.

  World

  Apr 25, 2019
  
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• Sri Lankan police investigate blast on empty land, days after bombings that killed 359 people; no casualties

  Sri Lankan police say there were no casualties.

  World

  Apr 25, 2019
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• Calgarians gather to mourn victims of Sri Lanka bombings: ‘We have to show them our solidarity’

  Dozens of Calgarians showed their support for victims of the Sri Lankan bombings at city hall on Tuesday and Wednesday.

  World

  Apr 23, 2019
• Militant group blamed in Sri Lanka attacks called for non-Muslims to be ‘eliminated’

  The purported leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for an Easter attack in Sri Lanka that killed over 320 people began posting videos online three years ago calling for non-Muslims to be "eliminated," faith leaders said Tuesday.

  World

  Apr 23, 2019
• No evidence given linking Sri Lanka bombings to New Zealand attacks, Ardern says

  Jacinda Ardern's office issued a statement responding to the Christchurch claim that described Sri Lanka’s investigation as “in its early stages.”

  World

  Apr 23, 2019
• Van explodes near Sri Lanka church while police try to defuse bomb: witness

  An explosion went off on Monday in a van near a church in Sri Lanka where scores were killed the previous day, when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse it, a Reuters witness said.

  World

  Apr 22, 2019
• Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of bombings that killed 290 people: official

  Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 200 people, the country’s health minister said Monday.

  World

  Apr 22, 2019
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• ‘It was panic mode’: Witness describes aftermath of Sri Lankan bomb attacks

  Bhanuka Harischandra was running a little late for his meeting Sunday. As a car carrying him pulled into the back entrance of the luxury Shangri-La Hotel in Sri Lanka's capital of Colombo, he realized something was wrong.

  World

  Apr 21, 2019
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• Calgary’s Sri Lankan community rallies around family who lost loved one in Easter Sunday blasts

  Prayers were said for victims of the Sri Lankan attacks at Calgary churches on Easter Sunday.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2019