IS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka bombings, which killed more than 300 people, but has not provided any proof to back up its claims. – EPA pic, April 23, 2019.
THE Islamic State group today said it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday. The claim emerged more than 48 hours after the near-simultaneous blasts tore through three high-end hotels popular with foreigners and three churches packed with Christians marking Easter.
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