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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 587

National Thowfeek Jamaath

Footage of the explosion at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)
April 27, 2019, 11:45 pm
Sri Lanka security cam footage shows moments of deadly hotel bombing
Newly released video also shows bombers in several other locations shortly before the Easter attacks that killed at least 250 people
By ToI Staff and AFP
Soldiers evacuate an injured child after they raid what believed to be an Islamist safe house in the eastern town of Kalmunai on April 27, 2019 (STRINGER / AFP)
April 27, 2019, 8:53 am
Children among 15 dead as Sri Lanka forces raid jihadist hideout
Three cornered suicide bombers set off explosives in safe house during firefight with security forces near the eastern town of Kalmunai
By Amal JAYASINGHE and Ammu Kannampilly
Security personnel stand guard in front of St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 23, 2019, two days after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
April 25, 2019, 9:46 am
Citing ‘high, concrete’ terror threat, Israel tells citizens to leave Sri Lanka
Four days after Easter suicide bombings killed at least 359 people and wounded 500 more, Counter-Terrorism Bureau tells Israelis to come home, cancel planned trips
By ToI Staff and AP
Security camera footage shows a suicide bomber, carrying a backpack, seconds before entering a church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. (screen capture: Twitter)
April 23, 2019, 3:30 pm
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka terror attack
Jihadist group publishes names of 7 bombers; United Nations says at least 45 children among the 321 killed in Easter Sunday atrocities
By AFP and ToI Staff
A view of St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019 hit by one of eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. (AP/Chamila Karunarathne)
April 23, 2019, 12:37 pm
Defense official says Sri Lanka attacks ‘retaliation for Christchurch’ shootings
State minister for defense says preliminary probe shows deadly suicide bombings in Sri Lanka that killed over 300 people were revenge for March assaults on New Zealand mosques
By Agencies
Security camera footage shows a suicide bomber, carrying a backpack, entering a church in Negombo, Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019 (screen capture: CNN)
April 23, 2019, 8:15 am
Video emerges of bomber entering Sri Lanka church, as death toll tops 310
President gives military increased latitude on detentions, restoring civil war-era powers; Tuesday declared a day of mourning
By ToI Staff and AP
Sri Lankan soldiers look on inside the St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo on April 21, 2019, following a bomb blast during the Easter service that killed tens of people. (STR / AFP)
April 22, 2019, 6:14 pm
Sri Lanka didn’t heed foreign intelligence warnings before attacks — minister
Agencies alerted country to threat several times, starting on April 4; political dysfunction blamed for keeping PM, ministers in dark
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS
Security personnel stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
April 22, 2019, 4:55 pm
Fresh blast in Sri Lanka as new bombs found near church
No injuries reported when van parked outside St. Anthony’s explodes; president gives army wartime powers for manhunt
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A statue is pictured next to shrapnel marks at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the building was hit as part of a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
April 22, 2019, 12:19 pm
Sri Lanka minister says local Islamist terror group carried out attacks
All seven suicide bombers identified as citizens and members of National Thowfeek Jamaath, which has suspected foreign links; death toll rises to 290
By AP and ToI Staff
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