22-04-2019 05:15 via ctvnews.ca

Official: Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 200 people, the country's health minister said Monday. The co-ordinated bombings that ripped through churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers from a militant group named National Thowfeek Jamaath, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said. Intern
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