The death toll in the wave of deadly blasts in Sri Lanka has risen to 359. A high-level intelligence official there tells CNN that National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ) was planning a second wave of attacks. IvanCNN with the latest from Negombo, Sri Lanka:
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After the explosion, their relatives searched desperately for the family at the local hospital, the mortuary and, finally, the church.Fazal Haniffa, a family friend who is Muslim, expressed his horror over the act of brutality."Nonsense to link attacks to New Zealand": Senior Muslim officialJo Shelly/CNN
He praised New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her response to the shootings, particularly for building connections between communities. Reyyaz Salley, chairman of the Shaikh Usman Waliyullah mosque. He told CNN he had warned the government about extremists like Zahran Hashim, the alleged ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombers.Reyyaz Salley, chairman of the Shaikh Usman Waliyullah mosque, told CNN that he had repeatedly attempted to warn the government about radical preachers in Sri Lanka, including Zahran Hashim, the alleged mastermind of the attacks.
The information was discovered in intelligence operations since Sunday’s explosions, according to the official.Sri Lanka's state minister of defence Ruwan Wijewardene takes part in a press conference in Colombo on April 24, 2019.
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