Sri Lanka blames extremists for Easter attacks
23 April 2019
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said yesterday it believed a local Islamist extremist group was behind deadly suicide bomb blasts that killed nearly 300 people as it
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said yesterday it believed a local Islamist extremist group was behind deadly suicide bomb blasts that killed nearly 300 people as it
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