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Amazon is leading the march toward a cashless society
Apr 02, 2019 10:48 pm
Amazon is leading the march toward a cashless society
(LA Times) – Rebecca Esparza works with homeless people and, having once lived in a shelter herself, knows what it’s like to navigate the U.S. economy if you don’t have much money. For most of her clients, cash is king because they lack access to the financial tools many Americans take for granted — checking accounts, debit cards, payment apps. Esparza worries that the growing number of cashless stores and restaurants around the country will further marginalize low-income people at a time when inequality is already the highest in more than half a century.
 
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From: Dunggate4/10/19 11:23 AM 
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Maryland man charged in ISIS-inspired National Harbor terror plot
April 9, 2019 by Jerry McCormick
Local authorities in Maryland were able to stop a potential terror attack at the National Harbor last week.
Federal authorities officially charged the alleged terrorist, Rondell Henry, on Monday in connection with his alleged plan to run over pedestrians at the National Harbor, just minutes from Washington, D.C.
 
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 BREAKING: Federal authorities have charged 28yo Rondell Henry of Germantown, Md., alleging he stole a UHaul van and planned to use it to run over a large group of people at National Harbor. 
 
“He harbored hatred for those who do not practice the Muslim faith,” authorities say.
 
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Rondell Henry, 28, is a computer engineer from Germantown, MD and is a U.S. citizen. He was allegedly radicalized by watching ISIS videos online, law enforcement says.
 
Henry’s ISIS-inspired plan was to kill Americans that were not sympathetic to Muslims and their religious beliefs.
 
Initially, Henry planned on hitting Dulles International Airport. However, when he arrived there, he thought security was too good, so he decided to move this plan to the National Harbor.
 
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Henry allegedly followed the driver of U-Haul into a parking lot in his own car.
 
When the man left the U-Haul, Henry allegedly took the vehicle and headed to Dulles.
 
The man reported the truck stolen along with telling police he had been followed several blocks by a car, which also happened to be parked close by. When police checked on the vehicle, it was registered to Henry.
 
After Henry decided to leave Dulles, he headed to the National Harbor.
 
 
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Rather than carrying out his plan then, which he told authorities was to drive, and to continue to drive, through the crowd, killing as many as possible and to keep going, he decided to wait until the next day when there would be more pedestrian traffic in the area.
 
Henry broke into a boat to hide, but police had found the truck at that point and waited for Henry to arrive. When he came back the next morning, local authorities swooped in and took him into custody.
 
Henry is being charged with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
 
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From: Dunggate4/21/19 7:45 AM 
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Sri Lanka: At least 158 killed, hundreds injured in Easter bombings
Apparently coordinated attacks rip through hotels and churches throughout the country; security officials suspect suicide bombers behind at least some blasts
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The aftermath of an explosion in St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Courtesy: St. Sebastian's Church)
The aftermath of an explosion in St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. (Courtesy: St. Sebastian's Church)
At least 158 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a series of bombing attacks on several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka throughout Easter Sunday, officials said.
 
The first six blasts were triggered almost simultaneously on Sunday morning. Three high-end hotels and one church in the capital, Colombo, were hit, while two additional churches were targeted elsewhere in the country during Easter services, Sri Lankan police said.
 
 
Hours later, a seventh explosive was set off near a hotel in Dehawali, just south of Colombo, killing at least two people, and moments after that another bomb was detonated in a northern neighborhood of the capital, police said.
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After this second wave of attacks, Sri Lanka’s defense ministry ordered a night-time curfew across the country, and authorities blocked access to a number of social media websites and applications. 
The sites hit in the bombings were all heavily frequented by tourists, and at least 35 foreign nationals were killed in the explosions, police told AFP. A hospital source said Americans, British and Dutch citizens were among the dead.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called the blasts “cowardly” and said the government was working to “contain the situation.”
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“I call upon all Sri Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong,” he wrote in a tweet.
 
Leaders from around the world voiced their support for Sri Lanka after the attacks.
 
“The attacks in Sri Lanka, including those at prayer celebrating Easter Sunday are a despicable crime. We are all children of God; an attack on one religion is an attack on us all. Israel sends condolences to the families of the victims and wishes for the recovery of the injured,” President Reuven Rivlin wrote in a tweet.
 
Local security officials said at least two of the attacks appeared to have been carried out by suicide bombers.
 
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it was not aware of any Israeli victims in the attacks, but was still looking into the matter.
 
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the apparent coordinated attack.
 
Sri Lanka’s police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday’s bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to target “prominent churches,” according to the warning seen by AFP.
 
“A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ (National Thowheeth Jama’ath) is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo,” said the alert, which was sent by police chief Pujuth Jayasundara to top officers.
 
The NTJ is a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka that came to notice last year when it was linked to the vandalization of Buddhist statues.
 
According to hospital officials, at least 40 people were killed in the Colombo attacks; at least 62 were killed in Negombo, north of the capital; and at least 27 were killed in Batticalao, on the country’s eastern coast.
 
The first blast ripped through St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo.
 
Alex Agileson, who was in the vicinity, said buildings in the surrounding area shook with the blast.

 

 

 

 
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An ambulance is seen outside the church premises with gathered security personnel following a blast at the St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
At least 160 people injured in the St. Anthony’s blast had been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital by mid-morning, an official told AFP.
 
Another explosion was reported at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, a Catholic-majority town north of Colombo. The church appealed for help on its Facebook page, and posted graphic photographs and videos from the scene.
 
“A bomb attack to our church, please come and help if your family members are there,” the church wrote.
 
Photos from the St. Sebastian’s Church circulating on social media showed the roof had been almost blown off in the blast. The floor was littered with a mixture of roof tiles, splintered wood and blood.
 
Several people could be seen covered in blood, with some trying to help those with more serious injuries.
 
A church in the town of Batticalao, in the east of the country, was also targeted in the attack, police said.
 
An official at the Batticaloa hospital told AFP more than 300 people had been admitted to hospitals with injuries following the blast there.
 
At least one of the victims was killed in Colombo’s Cinnamon Grand Hotel, near the prime minister’s official residence, where the blast ripped through a restaurant, a hotel official told AFP.
 
The island nation of Sri Lanka, just off the coast from India, endured a brutal and bloody civil war from 1983 to 2009, when the government declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam insurgent group, also known as the Tamil Tigers.
Only around six percent of mainly Buddhist Sri Lanka is Catholic, but the religion is seen as a unifying force because it includes people from both the Tamil and majority Sinhalese ethnic groups.

 

 

 
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From: Dunggate4/21/19 7:47 AM 
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Suicide bombers kill more than 156 people and hurt 400 in 'targeted attack on Christians' on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka: Americans, British and Dutch among the dead in eight blasts at churches and five-star hotels
Six near-simultaneous explosions hit hotels and churches in Sri Lanka this morning, killing at least 156 people 
Reports now indicate a further seventh and eighth blast in Colombo suburbs - killing at least two people
As many as 500 people were said to have been injured and 35 foreigners are reported to be among the dead 
The foreigners who died in the blasts include British, American and Dutch citizens, according to reports 
Two of the Easter Sunday blasts are suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers, an official said 
*Did you witness the explosions in Sri Lanka? Email henry.martin@mailonline.co.uk* 
By HENRY MARTIN FOR MAILONLINE and AFP
PUBLISHED: 06:32, 21 April 2019 | UPDATED: 10:40, 21 April 2019
At least 156 people are dead in an Easter Sunday terrorist attack targeting Christians in Sri Lanka after eight explosions ripped through high-end hotels and churches as suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up. 
 
The initial six explosions injured as many as 500 people, including Japanese and British citizens, and 35 foreigners - from the UK, US and Netherlands - are among the dead, sources say.
 
Reports now indicate a seventh explosion in the southern Colombo suburb of Dehiwala - which killed two people - and an eighth in the northern suburb of Orugodawatta.
Sri Lanka's defence ministry has now ordered a night-time curfew, starting at 6.00pm local time (12.30GMT), running until 6.00am local time, the ministry said.  
Two of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers, according to one security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak with reporters.  
 
The official said at least 45 people had been killed in Colombo, where three hotels and a church were hit, along with another 67 in the church attack in Negombo, north of the capital, with another 25 dead at a church in the town of Batticaloa, in the east of the country.  
 
The three hotels hit were the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo and the Cinnamon Grand Colombo.
 
The first blasts were reported at St Anthony's Church in Colombo and St Sebastian's in the town of Negombo just outside the capital, with another reported at Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa.
 
Security forces inspect the St. Anthony's Shrine after an explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Kochchikade in Colombo +2
 
The death toll has risen to at least 156 people, including nine foreigners, and more than 400 have been injured after the initial six near-simultaneous explosions across the country, an official said (pictured: The aftermath in one of the churches) +22
 
Security forces inspect the scene after a blast targeting Shangri La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday +22
 
At least 156 people are dead in an Easter Sunday terrorist attack targeting Christians in Sri Lanka after explosions ripped through high-end hotels and churches (pictured: Outside a hospital in Colombo) +22
Sri Lankan police officers clear the road as an ambulance drives through carrying injured of church blasts in Colombo +22
 
Buddhist monks stand in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo today +2
 
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Pictured: The aftermath following an explosion at St Anthony's Church in Kochchikade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21 April 2019 +22
Damage after an explosion hit St Anthony's Church +22
 
Sri Lankan soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo on Easter Sunday this morning +22
 
The country's Prime Minister has called an emergency security council meeting after the bombings, a source said (pictured: Outside Colombo) +22
 The country's Prime Minister has called an emergency security council meeting after the bombings, a source said (pictured: Outside Colombo)
 
Sri Lankan police stand at the site of an explosion at the luxury Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo after bomb blasts on Easter Sunday +22
 
The three hotels hit were the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo and the Cinnamon Grand Colombo +22
 
Prime Minister Theresa May today tweeted: 'The acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling, and my deepest sympathies go out to all of those affected at this tragic time. We must stand together to make sure that no one should ever have to practise their faith in fear. 
 
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena said he was shocked by the explosions and appealed for calm.
 
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe wrote on Twitter: 'I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today.
 
'I call upon all Sri Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong. Please avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation. The government is taking immediate steps to contain this situation.'
 
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said he was shocked by the attacks in Sri Lanka, tweeting: 'I'm deeply shocked and saddened by the horrifying attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka today.
 
'To target those gathered for worship on Easter Sunday is particularly wicked.
 
'My prayers are with the victims and their families, and with those assisting in the response.' 
 
 
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Pictured: An inside view of the St Anthony's Shrine after an explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Colombo this morning +22
 
Shortly after those blasts were reported, police confirmed three hotels in the capital had also been hit, along with a church in the town of Batticalao, in the east of the country (pictured: Security forces outside St Anthony's Shrine) +22
 
Sri Lankan security officials said they were investigating. Police immediately sealed off the areas (pictured: St Anthony's Shrine) +22
 
An official at the Batticaloa hospital said 300 people had been admitted with injuries following the blast there. 
 
Local TV showed damage at the Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La and Kingsbury hotels. 
 
The explosion ripped off the roof and knocked out doors and windows at St. Sebastian's, where people carried the wounded away from blood-stained pews, local TV footage showed.
 
Sri Lankan security officials said they were investigating. Police immediately sealed off the areas.   
 
The magnitude of the violence recalls the bombings perpetrated by the separatist Tamil Tigers that targeted a bank, a shopping centre, a Buddhist temple and hotels popular with tourists a decade ago.
 
No one has claimed responsibility for the latest blasts.
 
In 2009 Sri Lankan security forces defeated Tamil Tiger rebels who had fought to create an independent homeland for the country's ethnic minority Tamils.
 
The UN initially estimated the death toll from 26 years of fighting to be about 100,000 but a UN experts' panel later said some 45,000 ethnic Tamils may have been killed in the last months of the fighting alone.
 
According to reports, Sri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit 'prominent churches'.
 
Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat.
 
'A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ (National Thowheeth Jama'ath) is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo,' said the alert.
 
The NTJ is a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka that came to notice last year when it was linked to the vandalisation of Buddhist statues.    
 
The first explosions were reported at St Anthony's Church in Colombo and St Sebastian's in the town of Negombo just outside the capital +22
 
Debris is seen at St Anthony's church after explosions hit churches and hotels in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday +22
 
Pictured: A woman is helped near St Anthony's Shrine after a blast in Colombo. At least 160 people injured in the St Anthony's blast had been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital by mid-morning, an official said +22
 
Police officers inspect the scene after a explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Colombo +22
Ambulances are seen outside the church premises with gathered people and security personnel +22
Left: Police officers inspect the scene after a explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Colombo. Right: Ambulances are seen outside the church premises with gathered people and security personnel
 
Two of the blasts were suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers, according to one security official +22
 
The country's Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, condemned the 'cowardly' attacks after calling an emergency security council meeting, a source said.  
 
At least 160 people were injured in the St Anthony's blast had been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital by mid-morning, an official said.
 
'A bomb attack to our church, please come and help if your family members are there,' read a post in English on the Facebook page of the St Sebastian's Church at Katuwapitiya in Negombo.
 
 
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Shortly after those blasts were reported, police confirmed three hotels in the capital had also been hit, along with a church in the town of Batticalao, in the east of the country.
 
Photos circulating on social media showed the roof of one church had been almost blown off in the blast.
 
The floor was littered with a mixture of roof tiles, splintered wood and blood.
Several people could be seen covered in blood, with some trying to help those with more serious injuries.
 
Only around six percent of mainly Buddhist Sri Lanka is Catholic, but the religion is seen as a unifying force because it includes people from both the Tamil and majority Sinhalese ethnic groups.
 
St Anthony's Shrine and the three hotels where the blasts took place are in Colombo, and are frequented by foreign tourists. 
 
The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has condemned 'evil attacks'.
 
James Dauris said he was in Colombo with his family at a church service which was cut short by the attacks.
 
He tweeted: 'Our prayers for the victims of these evil attacks, and for their families. Our thoughts are with the medical staff, police and all involved in the response.' 
 
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner wrote: 'Shocked and saddened by news of church and hotel bombings in Sri Lanka. Profound condolences to those who suffered in this terrorist attack, another attack on innocent people, truly awful news.'
 
Her Labour colleague Mary Creagh posted on Twitter: 'Sickening #EasterSunday #SriLanka terrorist attacks on churches & hotels. Terrible to target Christians celebrating our greatest feast day. My prayers are with victims, their families & everyone caught up in this cruel violence.'
 
Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, wrote: 'To target Christians on this their most sacred day is evil. Sending love to Sri Lankans caught in this terror.'
 
Brexit minister James Cleverly wrote: 'Sad and shocking news from Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the Sri Lankan community both here in the UK and around the world and to those who have lost friends or family in these terrible attacks.'
 
A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: 'We are aware of reports of a number of explosions in Sri Lanka, including Colombo, and we are urgently seeking information from the local authorities.
 
'British nationals in Sri Lanka should follow the instructions of the local authorities and check FCO travel advice for updates.'
 
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan wrote: 'Strongly condemn the horrific terrorist attack in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday resulting in precious lives lost & hundreds injured. 
 
'My profound condolences go to our Sri Lankan brethren. Pakistan stands in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka in their hour of grief.'
 
Prime Minister of India Chowkidar Narendra Modi said: 'Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region. India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka.
 
'My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured.'
 
Blasts come amid rising religious tension between Buddhists, Muslims and Christians
The Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are the latest flashpoint amid ongoing religious tensions in the island nation. 
 
Sri Lanka has long been divided between the majority Sinhalese, who are overwhelmingly Buddhist, and minority Tamils who are Hindu, Muslim and Christian. 
 
The country remains deeply scarred by its 1983-2009 civil war, when Tamil rebels fought to create an independent homeland.  
 
The rebels were eventually crushed but a religious divide has taken hold in recent years. 
 
A Christian group said there had been 86 cases of discrimination, threats and violence against followers of Jesus last year, with another 26 so far this year. 
 
The U.S. State Department warned in a 2018 report that Christians had been pressured to close places of worship after they were deemed 'unauthorised gatherings'.
 
The report also said Buddhist monks regularly tried to close down Christian and Muslim places of worship.   
 
There have also been attacks on Muslims, with the government forced to declare a state of emergency amid a spate of anti-Muslim rioting. 
 
Hard-line Buddhist groups accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert and destroying sacred Buddhist sites. 
 
One radical Muslim group, the NTJ, has been linked to the vandalisation of Buddhist statues and has also reportedly plotted to attack Christian churches. 
 
Out of Sri Lanka's total population of around 22million, 70 percent are Buddhist, 13 per cent Hindu, 10 per cent Muslim, and seven per cent Christian, according to the country's 2012 census.   

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Five Britons including two joint US citizens are among 207 dead in Sri Lanka Easter Sunday terror attacks targeting Christians: TV chef and daughter also named as victims of suicide bombers who hit churches and five-star hotels
At least 207 people have been killed and 450 wounded after eight explosions rocked hotels and churches
The blasts, mostly around Colombo, have killed at least 35 foreigners including Britons and Americans 
Three British nationals, and two holding dual UK-US nationality, are among the dead, Sri Lankan officials said 
Eight suspects have been arrested after Sri Lanka's worst violence since the end of its civil war in 2009 
A curfew has now been imposed in the country and a social media ban is in force to stop false information  
Eight separate explosions occurred - an initial six in three churches and hotels, followed by a further two later
One hotel manager said a suicide bomber had queued for a breakfast buffet before blowing himself up today 
A warning was issued about a possible Islamist attack on churches last week, but no-one has claimed attack  
By HENRY MARTIN and TIM STICKINGS FOR MAILONLINE and AFP
At least 207 people have died after suspected suicide bombers blew up churches and five-star hotels in an Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka. At least 35 foreigners are feared to have been killed in the attacks - including five Britons, of whom two were joint US-UK citizens.   
At least 35 foreigners are feared to have been killed in the attacks - including five Britons, of whom two were joint US-UK citizens. 
Further fatalities are said to include three Indians, two Turks, one Portuguese citizen and an unknown number of Dutch and Chinese nationals.  
At least 207 people have died after suspected suicide bombers blew up churches and five-star hotels in an Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka. 
PUBLISHED: 06:32, 21 April 2019 | UPDATED: 17:00, 21 April 2019
The eight blasts today ripped through landmarks around Colombo and on Sri Lanka's east coast, targeting Christians, hotel guests and foreign tourists, leaving at least 450 people wounded, and killing three British citizens, and two UK-US dual citizens.
 
Six bombs went off in quick succession before another two blasts two hours later in Sri Lanka's worst violence since the end of its decades-long civil war in 2009. 
As details of the horror emerged today, Sri Lankan TV chef Shantha Mayadunne and her London-based daughter Nisanga were among the first victims named. 
Meanwhile a manager at the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo said the attacker had set off the horrific explosion in a packed restaurant at 8.30am, after waiting in a queue for a breakfast buffet.
At least 35 foreigners are feared to have been killed in the attacks - including five Britons, of whom two were joint US-UK citizens. 
 
Further fatalities are said to include three Indians, two Turks, one Portuguese citizen and an unknown number of Dutch and Chinese nationals.  
 
Eight suspects have been arrested, as it emerged the country's police chief had warned of an Islamic extremist plot to target 'prominent churches' just 10 days earlier, but no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.   
Sri Lanka's defence ministry has now ordered curfew with immediate effect 'until further notice' while access to social media messaging services has been shut down.   
Last photo: Shantha Mayadunne (second left) and her daughter Nisanga (right) were among the victims of the Sri Lanka bomb attacks on Sunday. The family posted this picture of their Easter breakfast at the Shangri-La hotel just before the blast there +33
Security forces inspect the St. Anthony's Shrine after an explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Kochchikade in Colombo +33
More than 400 people have been injured after the initial six near-simultaneous explosions across the country, an official said (pictured: The aftermath in one of the churches) +33
 
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Sri Lankan authorities warn of ‘another wave of attacks’ by ‘persons dressed in military uniforms’
Apr 29, 2019 09:41 am
Sri Lankan authorities warn of ‘another wave of attacks’ by ‘persons dressed in military uniforms’
(RT) – Sri Lankan security forces are on high alert amid warnings of more possible suicide bomb attacks in the country by assailants dressed in military fatigues using vans. “There could be another wave of attacks,” the head of the police’s ministerial security division said in a letter to politicians, senior police and security forces officials. “The relevant information further notes that persons dressed in military

uniforms and using a van could be involved in the attacks.” According to the report, seen by Reuters, the same groups behind the Easter Sunday bombings which killed over 250 people, National Thawheedh Jamaath (NTJ) and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim, were planning to target some five locations on Sunday or Monday.

Continue reading Sri Lankan authorities warn of ‘another wave of attacks’ by ‘persons dressed in military uniforms’ at End Time Headlines.
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2019/04/sri-lankan-authorities-warn-of-another-wave-of-attacks-by-persons-dressed-in-military-uniforms/

 
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