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(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) Sri Lanka and the US Justice Department had talks on the charges against three Sri Lankan ISIS supporters linked to the Easter Sunday attacks. The three accused, all of whom pledged allegiance to ISIS, are Mohamed Naufar, the 'second emir' for the group of ISIS supporters that called itself 'ISIS in Sri Lanka', Mohamed Anwar Mohamed Riskan, who allegedly helped manufacture the IEDs used in the Easter Attacks and Ahamed Milhan Hayathu Moahmed, who allegedly executed a police officer in order to obtain the officer's firearm, shot a suspected informant, and scouted ...

Sri Lankan cardinal demands to see report on terror attacks Cardinal Ranjith voices dissatisfaction with the presidential commission probing the Easter 2019 atrocity Trending St. Sebastian’s Church was badly damaged in the Easter 2019 terror attacks. (Photo: UCA News) Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has asked the Sri Lankan government to provide a copy of the final report of the presidential commission that investigated the Easter 2019 terror attacks. "If the presidential commission and the government do not give justice to the Easter attack victims, I will go to the International Court of Justi...

Sri Lankan minorities march against oppression, injustice Church figures join nationwide march seeking justice for Tamils and Muslims Trending Sri Lankan religious leaders perform rites during the protest march from Pothuvil in the east to Polikandi, Point Pedro, in the north. (Photo: Punniyamoorthy Sasikaran) Religious leaders joined hundreds of Tamils and Muslims in a five-day Walk for Justice to raise key issues facing ethnic and religious minorities in Sri Lanka. Civil society organizations, religious leaders, political parties, university students, relatives of the missing and rights ac...

Catholics light candles for Sri Lanka's Easter bombing victims Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says no force can silence him in his fight for the victory of truth Updated: January 25, 2021 10:53 AM GMT Trending The heavily damaged interior of St. Sebastian's Church after the Easter Sunday bombings in 2019. (Photo: Facebook) Renuka Malshi Nuwangi went to St. Sebastian's Church in Katuwapitiya with her family on Jan. 24 and lit candles and prayed for all those who died in the 2019 Easter attacks. That evening, she saw several mothers crying in the church. The feast of St. Sebastian was held on Jan. 20...

DOJ charges 03 Sri Lankans over 2019 April Terror Attacks DOJ charges 03 Sri Lankans over 2019 April Terror Attacks Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); The US Justice Department announced on Friday (08) that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS). The men were part of a group of ISIS supporters which called itself “ISIS in Sri Lanka.” That group is responsible for the 2019 Easter attacks in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which killed 268 people, ...