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Sri Lanka on edge after local Islamic militant group blamed for Easter Sunday attacks: report
By Bradford Betz | Fox News
Does wave of bombings in Sri Lanka signal new terror threat?
: Churches and hotels in Sri Lanka were targeted in eight coordinated blasts on Easter Sunday; reaction and analysis from former U.S. intelligence officer Don Bramer.
Sri Lanka took drastic steps Monday to crack down on new potential terror threats by blocking social media and arresting more than a dozen after a series of suicide bombings allegedly carried out by a domestic radical Islamic group ripped through its capital on Easter Sunday.
The country’s health minister said the attacks, which killed at least 290 and injured more than 500, were carried out by seven suicide bombers from a local militant group named National Thowheek Jaamath. Experts cited by The New York Times said the group promotes an Islamic terrorist ideology. Police said 13 suspects in connection with the bombings have been arrested.
“These attacks appear to be quite different and look as if they came right out of the ISIS, Al Qaeda, global militant jihadist playbook, as these are attacks fomenting religious hatred by attacking multiple churches on a high religious holiday,” Anne Speckhard, the director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, told the Times.
US STATE DEPARTMENT WARNS OF POSSIBILITY OF MORE ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA
All of the bombers were Sri Lankan citizens, but authorities suspect foreign links, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said at a news conference.
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READ MORE: https://www.foxnews.com/world/7-suicide-attackers-behind-sri-lankan-bombings-13-suspects-in-custody-authorities-say
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