Colombo, April 25, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Police officers work at the explosion site in Pugoda on the east outskirts of Sri Lankan capital Colombo April 25, 2019. A minor explosion hit a garbage dump in Pugoda on Thursday, police said. No injuries were reported. (Xinhua/Wang Shen/IANS)

Sri Lanka Police hunt for six after suicide bombings

Colombo: The Sri Lanka Police on Thursday released photographs of six young suspects – three males and three females – wanted in connection with the Easter Sunday suicide bombings. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sought public assistance to trace the six. The six were identified as: Mohammad Ivuhaim Sadiq Abdul Haq, Mohammed Ivuhaim Shaid Abdul […]

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Muslim group blamed for Sri Lanka horror, 8 Indians among 290 dead

Colombo:  Sri Lanka on Monday blamed a local Muslim outfit for the horrific Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 290 people, including eight Indians, and said the attacks were “a colossal intelligence failure”. At the same time, President Maithripala Sirisena announced that he would seek the assistance of foreign countries as “intelligence reports (indicate) that […]