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Sri Lankan government to investigate IS claims

AP

St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka on April 23, 2019. (The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images ) Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

The Sri Lankan government will investigate claims by IS that it was behind the deadly Easter Sunday bombing attacks.


Authorities in Colombo believe that the local Islamic extremist group called National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ) could have been responsible, but said they were investigating whether they had international support.

South-Asia correspondent Alessandro Ursic reports.


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