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Ignoring Indian Agencies Info Lead to Deadly Attack
The Opinion Express

08 May 2019

Initially, the Sri Lankan Government ascribed the recent horrific attacks on Easter Sunday to the Islamic State (IS)-inspired National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) as retaliation for Christchurch till IS supremo Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi claimed responsibility as revenge for loss of Baghouz, the caliphate’s last bastion in Syria. Sri Lanka’s own counter-terrorism czar, the Singapore-based Rohan Gunaratna, confirmed that IS has created support groups around the world and NTJ has joined the IS.

 

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