What helped the St Mary' church escape the bomb blast, was that the priest in charge had called the Easter Service half an hour earlier than usual time
The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the series of blasts that was carried out across 8 locations in three different cities including Colombo
Earlier, Sri Lanka’s PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has reportedly admitted that they had been warned about possible attacks by an Islamist terrorist group. PM Wickremesinghe stated that despite the warning by intelligence agencies, Sri Lanka ‘failed’ to take adequate measures.
The attack on CRPF camp, Lethpora was executed to avenge the death of Noor Trali who was killed in an encounter with security forces in December 2017. Five CRPF were killed during the incident and three others were injured during the terrorist attack.
PM Modi further assured the Kashmiri Pandits that he was committed to settling the displaced Pandits in their native places in Kashmir and added that the work has already started in this regard.