Mass funerals held for victims of Sri Lankan Easter Sunday bomb attacks as government admits intelligence failures
  • 5 years ago
More than 320 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Investigators are probing global terror links as the Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Sri Lanka's Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene said the attacks could have been retaliation for the mosque shootings in New Zealand last month. The government has admitted to intelligence failings, after it came to light that authorities failed to act on…
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