The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that left at least 321 people dead and more than 500 injured.


Islamic State claims Sri Lanka carnage


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Sri Lanka's Minister of State for Defence Ruwan Wijewardene on Tuesday said that the Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 321 people were a response to the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.


SL carnage response to Christchurch massacre: Minister


Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that the horrific Easter Sunday bombings were meant to avenge the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand as the death toll in the island nation rose to 321 including 10 Indians.


SL carnage to avenge Christchurch, toll 321 (3rd Lead)


A senior leader of the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) on Tuesday dubbed as "media terrorism" a report linking it with a similar Sri Lankan group which has been blamed for the suicide bombings that killed 310 people in the island nation.


Don't link us with Sri Lankan group: TN outfit


A suspicious abandoned parcel was found at the Kollupitiya railway station in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday.


Suspicious abandoned parcel found in Colombo


Those responsible for the Easter Sunday bloodbath in Sri Lanka should be brought to justice, Human Rights Watch has said.


Prosecute Easter Sunday attackers: Human Rights Watch


Hearing about the serial blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday, a Kolkata-based real estate developer on Monday said he made anxious calls to find out the whereabouts of 700-800 Indian employees working at a Rs 2,000 crore project in the island country and finally took a sigh of relief after knowing all of them were safe.


Over 700 staff working in Sri Lanka safe: Kolkata firm


BJP President Amit Shah on Monday attacked UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for allegedly grieving for terrorists killed in the 2008 Batla House shootout, but not for the police inspector who died then.


Shah attacks Sonia on Batla House shootout, defends Pragya (Roundup)


None of the family members of the 7 Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) activists received a call from any of them after the serial blasts in Colombo on Easter Sunday, said a sibling on Monday.


No call after blasts in Colombo: JD-S activists' kin


China is likely to ease its hard position on the issue of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar within a month, sources indicated on Monday, after Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale shared "all evidences" with the Chinese leadership in Beijing about the Pakistan-based outfit's terror activities.


China likely to soften stand on Masood Azhar in a month


The Sri Lankan government said on Monday that several suicide bombers had detonated themselves during a series of attacks against three churches and three luxury hotels in the country on Easter Sunday that left nearly 300 dead and 500 wounded.


Several suicide bombers detonated themselves: Sri Lanka


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday blamed "a horrific wave of Islamic radical terror" for the deadly bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that killed 290 people and injured over 500.


Pompeo blames 'Islamic radical terror' for Sri Lanka attacks


The  relatives  of  the  Sri  Lanka  blasts  victims  continued  to  pour into Colombo on Monday to identify their loved ones, killed in a series of coordinated attacks on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday. More than 290 people were killed and over 500 others injured in the attacks.


Lanka blasts victims' kins endure pain, incomprehension


Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Monday expressed shock at the deadly terror attack on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday which killed 290 people and wounded 500 others.


Goa governor expresses shock at Lanka terror attacks


The horrific killings in Sri Lanka show "how terror motivated by religious extremism is increasingly targeting minorities in the respective countries of South


Sri Lanka shows religious extremism's ugly face: CPI-M


Five activists of the ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) died in Colombo's serial bomb blasts on Sunday, a top state official said on Monday.


5 JD-S workers from Karnataka dead in Colombo blasts (2nd Lead)


Patrolling along India's eastern Coast has been intensified by the coastal security agencies in a coordinated manner to foil any infiltration in wake of the serial suicide bomb blasts in Sri Lanka, a senior police officer said on Monday.


India intensifies coastal security after Sri Lanka blasts


India has shared with China "all evidences" of the terrorist activities of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and its chief Masood Azhar, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in New Delhi on Monday as Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks with the Chinese leadership in Beijing.


India raises blacklisting of Masood Azhar with China (4th Lead)


Three of the four children of Danish billionaire fashion tycoon behind the online clothing retailer Asos have died in the Sri Lanka suicide bombings, a spokesman for the fashion firm said on Monday.


3 kids of Danish billionaire killed in Sri Lanka


Sri Lanka on Monday blamed a local Muslim outfit for the horrific Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 290 people, including eight Indians, and said the attacks were "a colossal intelligence failure".


Muslim group blamed for Sri Lanka horror, 8 Indians among 290 dead (5th Lead)


India has shared with China "all evidences" of the terrorist activities of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and its chief Masood Azhar, the External Affairs Ministry said here on Monday as Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks with the Chinese leadership in Beijing.

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