Sri Lanka's deadly attacks were ‘revenge’ for New Zealand massacre
In the chilling footage, a suicide bomber walks into St Sebastian's church moments before he killed dozens insideOne of those said to have launched the attack on the Shangri-La has been named as Insan Setiawan, according to local reports.They reported Zahran Hashim, a radical Islamic cleric known for posting incendiary videos on YouTube, was also allegedly one of the suicide bombers who targeted the hotel.
Today, a Syrian national was being held in custody by Sri Lankan police for questioning over the attacks, Reuters news agency reported.At least 310 people killed and 500 injured after seven suicide bombers attacked three churches, four hotels and a block of flats in Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan government names local Islamic terror group National Thowheeth Jama'ath as being responsible for the attacks, reportedly inspired by ISISOn Monday, the Sri Lankan government named local Jihadi terror group National Thowheeth Jama'ath as being responsible for
However, cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said that the sick terrorists were helped by an "international network."
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