Newsdeck: Islamic State Says Its Fighters Carried Out Sri Lanka Attacks By Bloomberg
“Those who carried out the attack that targeted citizens belonging to the alliance countries and Christians in Sri Lanka are fighters with the Islamic State,” according to a statement on IS news agency Amaq carried by SITE, which tracks jihadist groups.
“It’s possible they didn’t know about it in advance, and like every one else they were following various reports,” Al-Tamimi said. “As it began to point more and more towards IS supporters, they felt they could claim it.” “The intelligence agencies have reported that there were international organizations behind these acts of local terrorists,” President Maithripala Sirisena said in a statement. “Hence, it has been decided to seek international assistance for investigations.”
Last October, former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa was suddenly appointed prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena, leading to a constitutional crisis. Wickremesinghe, the deposed prime minister, was reinstated in December after a Supreme Court decision. Chinese citizens were warned against traveling to Sri Lanka, the embassy said in a statement on its website.
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