The IS radicals have recorded a pledge of allegiance video to its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at a location discovered by Sri Lankan police. srilanka is
The Islamic State group published a picture of eight men it said were behind the attacks in Sri Lanka.
Police said they found an IS flag and uniforms similar to those worn by the eight fighters for the film before they launched Sunday’s attacks against three luxury hotels and three churches, killing 253. Police showed the clothing and the flag on national television, as well as some 150 sticks of dynamite and about 100,000 ball bearings seized from the house.
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