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DNA samples are to be obtained from former cricket commentator Brian Thomas as part of ongoing investigations into the murder of businessman Dinesh Schaffter. The Colombo Magistrate’s Court issued the order to obtain the DNA samples to compare with those obtained from the car in which Schaffter w
As many as 160 people were killed while over 400 others, including foreign nationals, sustained serious injuries as six serial blasts rocked three churches and three five-star hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning. Many Bollywood celebs took to their social networking page to express their grief and offer condolences.
PM Modi also held telephonic conversations with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena, expressing condolences over the deadly blasts.
En days ahead of the deadly blasts that killed over 185 people and inured more than 400 others in Sri Lanka, the Island nation’s police chief had issued a nationwide alert that suicide bombers were planning to hit 'prominent churches'.
A purported video footage of a bomb blast in Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony's church has emerged on social media. A dashcam footage of the blast shows smoke coming out of the St. Anthony's church in Kochikade after the blast. News Nation could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage.