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Sri Lanka’s President Gives Military Wartime Powers To Hunt Down Bombing Culprits

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Sri Lanka’s president granted wartime powers to the country’s military Monday to pursue and arrest suspects linked to Easter Sunday’s deadly church and hotel bombings.…
Sri Lanka’s president granted wartime powers to the country’s military Monday to pursue and arrest suspects linked to Easter Sunday’s deadly church and hotel bombings.
President Maithripala Sirisena made the announcement in the wake of a coordinated bombing attack that killed a total of nearly 300 people at three churches, three hotels and other sites, according to The Associated Press. Sirisena’s office claimed that “international groups” were involved in the bombings, in addition to the local Islamic extremist group National Thowheed Jama’ath. (RELATED: ‘A River Of Blood’: Coordinated Church Bombings Leave More Than 200 Dead In Sri Lanka)
Government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne and Sri Lankan telecommunications minister Harin Fernando claimed earlier that intelligence officials received warnings from foreign intelligence agencies about an impending NTJ attack.

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