Afghan officials: Suicide attack in wedding hall kills 63

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 04:37:21 +0000

Damaged Dubai City wedding hall is seen after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

KABUL, Afghanistan — The death toll from a suicide bombing at a wedding in Afghanistan’s capital is at least 63, including women and children, officials said Sunday, as Kabul reeled from its deadliest attack this year. Another 182 civilians were wounded in the Saturday night explosion, government spokesman Feroz Bashari said. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi confirmed […]

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BREAKING: One of two suicide bombers in Sulu blasts a Filipino – PNP

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:44:19 +0000

BREAKING: One of two suicide bombers in Sulu blasts a Filipino – PNP

Authorities on Wednesday disclosed that one of the two alleged suicide bombers in the twin blasts at a Sulu military camp was a Filipino.

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Ex-Sri Lanka officials arrested over negligence in bombings

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:35:35 +0000

Ex-Sri Lanka officials arrested over negligence in bombings

Sri Lankan police on Tuesday arrested the country’s police chief and its former defense secretary for alleged negligence leading to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotels.

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Sri Lanka Catholics hold first Sunday mass after Easter attacks

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 07:38:27 +0000

Sri Lankan Catholic devotees pray during a mass at the St. Theresa's church as the Catholic churches hold services again after the Easter attacks in Colombo on May 12, 2019. - Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on May 12 amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks that killed 258 people. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) sri lanka

Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks that killed 258 people.

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Sri Lankan church schools to reopen after Easter bombings

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 11:50:55 +0000

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan Catholic officials say church-run schools that have been closed since Easter Sunday bomb attacks are expected to reopen next week, and Sunday Masses will resume this weekend if security conditions are appropriate.

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Sri Lanka Muslims, refugees fear backlash from Easter attack

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:46:17 +0000

Sri Lanka Muslims, refugees fear backlash from Easter attack

Hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims, who finally found peace in Sri Lanka, fear backlash after the Easter bombings that killed over 350 people.

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Father of suspected Easter bombers arrested; Colombo on edge

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:08:51 +0000

Father of suspected Easter bombers arrested; Colombo on edge

The father of two of the suspected Easter suicide bombers was arrested on suspicion of aiding his sons, Sri Lanka’s former navy chief said.

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Sri Lanka Catholic churches halt public services over security fears

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:57:34 +0000

Sri Lanka Catholic churches halt public services over security fears

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches on Thursday suspended all public services over security fears, as thousands of troops joined the hunt for suspects in deadly Easter bombings that killed nearly 360 people.

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