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SL bomb blasts: Nationwide emergency to be declared from midnight

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Published : Apr 22, 2019, 2:37 PM IST

Updated : Apr 22, 2019, 5:20 PM IST

2019-04-22 14:29:31

SL bomb blasts: Nationwide emergency to be declared from midnight

Hyderabad: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to declare nationwide emergency from midnight on Monday following Easter Day blasts which claimed 290 lives and left over 450 injured.

Sri Lanka-based fundamentalist group Towheeth Jamaath is suspected be involved in the series of explosions on Sunday.

Hours after serieal bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka an improvised bomb was found at Colombo International airport.

According to media reports, the six-foot long pipe containing explosive was found by air force officers during a routine patrol at the international airport.

Also Read: Sri Lanka: Bomb found near Colombo airport, toll mounts to 290

So far police have arrested 24 persons in connection with the series blasts.
 

2019-04-22 14:29:31

SL bomb blasts: Nationwide emergency to be declared from midnight

Hyderabad: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to declare nationwide emergency from midnight on Monday following Easter Day blasts which claimed 290 lives and left over 450 injured.

Sri Lanka-based fundamentalist group Towheeth Jamaath is suspected be involved in the series of explosions on Sunday.

Hours after serieal bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka an improvised bomb was found at Colombo International airport.

According to media reports, the six-foot long pipe containing explosive was found by air force officers during a routine patrol at the international airport.

Also Read: Sri Lanka: Bomb found near Colombo airport, toll mounts to 290

So far police have arrested 24 persons in connection with the series blasts.
 

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