Sri Lanka Terror Attacks

National Thowheeth Jamath, two other Islamist extremist organisations banned in Sri Lanka; use of drones prohibited indefinitely

Sri Lanka has banned three Islamist extremist groups, including the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ) that carried out the country's worst terror attack on Easter Sunday in which over 250 people were killed

Six-hour curfew imposed in Sri Lanka as communal violence spreads; social media ban reimposed

A six-hour countrywide curfew was enforced in Sri Lanka on Monday as communal violence spread to new areas in the island nation in the latest fallout from the Easter Sunday suicide bombings

Sri Lanka still faces Islamic State threat, says Ranil Wickremesinghe; St Anthony’s Shrine partially opened for worship

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that authorities have arrested or killed all the militants responsible for the deadly Easter blasts, but warned that the country still faces the threat of IS terror attacks

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Christian leaders preach restraint in Sri Lanka after deadly blast, but rage in ethnically diverse Catholic society threatens fragile calm

After Islamic militants detonated suicide bombs on Sunday that killed Easter worshippers in three churches, Tamil and Sinhalese Christians are once again turning to a religion that, unusually for Sri Lanka, binds people of different ethnicities by a single faith

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Sri Lanka bans drones, unmanned aircraft until further notice; 75 arrested in connection with terror attacks so far

Sri Lanka has banned the use of drones and unmanned aircraft following the massive Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 350 people

India sent alerts to Sri Lanka about possible terror attack after NIA probe into IS module targeting south Indian leaders

Inputs regarding a possible terror attack in Sri Lanka were shared by Indian agencies with their Sri Lankan counterparts after the NIA completed its probe into an ISIS-inspired module planning to kill prominent Indian leaders

Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Mortal remains of nine Indians sent back to Bengaluru, Hyderabad; 60 people arrested in connection with attacks

The mortal remains of nine out of 10 Indians killed in the massive Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka have been sent to India

#SriLanka: Taking a closer look at the tragedy that rocked the Sri Lankan capital on Easter

Here's What We Know So Far About the Decade's Worst Terror Attack