Sri Lanka: Easter bombings ‘in retaliation’ for N.Z. mosque shootings SriLanka TheIslamicState
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka on Tuesday described the devastating string of bombings on Easter that killed 321 people as a response to the attack on two mosques in New Zealand last month.
The office of New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said Tuesday she is aware of comments linking Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings to the mosque attacks in Christchurch, although it hasn’t “seen any intelligence upon which such an assessment might be based.”The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack, describing the suicide bombers as its fighters.
By Tuesday morning, 40 people had been arrested, including three being held by the Terrorism Investigation Department, said police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara. Funerals, meanwhile, were being held for the victims and a three-minute silence was observed countrywide at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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