Soul-searching in Sri Lanka as ISIS Co-opts Attack to Boost its Image

The National (UAE)

24 April 2019

Due to the scale and sophistication of the attacks by ISIS, diplomats and top terrorism experts now believe that what was initially attributed to a minor local group known as National Tawheed Jamaat (NTJ) had wider, international connections. The attack points to the work of a new ISIS “branch”, said Dr Rohan Gunaratna, an authority on Sri Lankan extremism and professor of security studies at RSIS.

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