Author Archive for Terrorism

කල්මුණේ වෙඩි හුවමාරුවේ නවතම දර්ශන

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Ada Derana

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Live at 7 News

Friday, April 26th, 2019
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STFසහ තවත් පිරිසක් අතර අම්පාරේ දී වෙඩි හුවමාරුවක්

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Ada Derana

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මංගලලා රාජිතලාට අනුව මම ජාතිවාදියා ගෝත්‍රිකයා වුනා -විජේදාස රාජපක්ෂ

Friday, April 26th, 2019

FB ආරක්ෂක ලේකම්ගේ පොලිස්පතිගේ කෙරුවාව,මංගලලා රාජිතලාට අනුව මම ජාතිවාදියා ගෝත්‍රිකයා වුනා,ඔවුන් අද මියගිය ජීවිතවල වගකීම බාර ගත යුතුයි.බුද්ධි අංශ 44ක් හිරේ, හමුදාවේ පන නල කැඩුවා.රටේ ඇමතිවරු දැනගෙන මිනිස්සුන්ට කිව්වේ නැහැ Pause-4:09Additional Visual SettingsEnter Watch And ScrollClick to enlargeMute9.8K9.8K661 Comments13K Shares

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Sri Lanka attack kingpin preached slaughter

Friday, April 26th, 2019

By New York Times News Service in Kattankudy Mastermind Zahran Hashim was killed in blast at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, says Sirisena Zahran Hashim, a radical Muslim preacher accused of masterminding the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, never hid his hatred. He railed against a local performance in which Muslim girls dared […]

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Sri Lanka raids net bomb-making equipment, ISIS flags

Friday, April 26th, 2019

By Amanda Woods Courtesy  New York Post Security forces in Sri Lanka were involved in a shootout — and seized bomb-making equipment as well as ISIS flags and uniforms — during sweeping raids within the country’s eastern region Friday, according to a new report. https://nypost.com/2019/04/26/sri-lanka-raids-net-bomb-making-equipment-isis-flags/ The forces were searching for suspects linked to the Easter Sunday bombings […]

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Shootout in Sri Lanka at house where suicide vests were made

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Courtesy The Straits Times Bombs, ISIS uniforms found in raid; Easter death toll cut to 253 COLOMBO • A gun battle broke out between Sri Lankan police and a group of men during a raid on a house in an eastern Sri Lankan town yesterday, with the premises believed to have been used to make […]

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Who benefited from Sri Lankan tragedy?

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Adeela Naureen Courtesy The Nation A devastating series of eight bomb blasts ripped through churches holding Easter services and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on 21 Apr 19, killing nearly 300 people, including dozens of foreigners and injuring nearly 500. International media especially that of India are in the forefront in reporting that a local […]

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Three suspects arrested with 1kg of C-4 explosives

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three suspects were taken into Sri Lanka Navy custody with one kilogram of C-4 explosives and a three-wheeler near the Wellawatte railway station today, Navy Spokesman Isuru Suriyabandar said. He told Daily Mirror that the suspects were handed over to the Army and they would handover them to the […]

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Sri Lanka fears up to $1.5 billion tourism losses

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka’s tourism industry fears losing around $1.5 billion in revenue this year due to Sunday’s attacks, the country’s Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said. Tourism will be the worst affected,” Samaraweera told reporters in Colombo on Friday. We expect a 30 percent drop in arrivals and that means a loss of about $1.5 […]

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Stand Against Islamic Extremism in Sri Lanka

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

අමාදම් ගඟුල [1] අන්තවාදී ශරියා නීති තහනම් කිරීමට බලකරමු [2] අන්තවාදී බුර්කාව තහනම් කිරීමට බල කරමු [3] අන්තවාදය උගන්වන ශරියා විශ්වවිද්‍යල සහ අරාබි පාසල් වසා දැමීමට බල කරමු [4] අන්තවාදී පූජකයින් මෙරටට ගෙන්වීම නැවත්වීමට බල කරමු [5] අන්තවාදයට සම්බන්දයයි සැක සිතන සියළු දෙනාගෙ දේපොල පරීක්ෂාවට බල කරමු [6] අන්තවාදීන්ට උදව්කල සියළු මුස්ලිම් දේශපාලකයින් නෙරපා දැමීමට බල […]

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‘He had a long beard, lost his sense of humour’: Sri Lanka bomber left Australia a ‘changed man’

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy  Brisbane Times One of the Sri Lankan bombers came back from Australia after his postgraduate studies a changed man, his sister says. Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed studied at Swinburne University in Melbourne between 2009 and 2013, The Australian reported. Mohamed, suspected to be one of the ringleaders of the atrocity in Sri Lanka, was investigated by […]

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Kerala IS cells played a role in Lanka blasts? Probe on

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Times of India KOZHIKODE: Security agencies are probing whether any of the  ..  Read more at:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/69050078.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

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Sri Lankan bomber investigated for terrorism in Australia

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

One of the Sri Lankan bombers who studied at an Australian university was investigated by the Joint Counter Terrorism Team in 2014, The Australianreports.  Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed studied at Swinburne University in Melbourne between 2009 and 2013, The Australian reports and was investigated because of his links to several suspects, including Neil Prakash. Mohomed, suspected […]

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Sri Lanka PM warns of more attacks as bombers still at large

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

By EMILY SCHMALL Courtesy  The times of Israel Suspects could have access to explosives and aim to carry out more suicide bombings, Ranil Wickremesinghe says Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Thursday that […]

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Sri Lanka terrorist left ‘for work’ without saying goodbye to wife then blew himself up

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Get the biggest Daily News stories by emailSubscribeSee our privacy noticeMore newsletters The wife of the UK-educated Sri Lanka suicide bomber has told how he betrayed his family to join Islamic State. Devastated Shifana Mohamed, 30, last saw Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed – who attended Kingston University – when he left home for Friday prayers. The privately educated […]

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Pregnant Wife of Sri Lankan Bomber Detonates Suicide Vest as Police Raids Home

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

BY JANITA KAN Courtesy  The Epoch Times The pregnant wife of a Sri Lankan suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest when police raided the family’s Colombo home, killing herself, her children, and police officers. A series of coordinated attacks on hotels and churches devastated Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday leaving at least 250 people dead and […]

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Sri Lanka suicide bomber’s family link to Auckland

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy  NZ Herald , Section National, One of the Sri Lankan suicide bombers has family links to New Zealand, with confirmation both his sister and mother lived in Auckland. Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed was one of the terrorist bombers involved in the Easter Sunday attacks. His deadly plan was to target the luxury Taj Samudra hotel […]

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Sri Lanka attacks: Could this photo be evidence of failed mission by bomber with UK links?

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

By Deborah Haynes, foreign affairs editor Courtesy Sky News Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed has a rucksack, thought to contain explosives, and a suitcase at a Colombo hotel before the attacks. Image:Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed pictured at the Taj hotel in Colombo A photograph has been obtained by Sky News which, according to a security source, […]

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UK sends Counter-Terrorism Police to Sri Lanka

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy Ceylon Today Britain has sent a team of Counter-Terrorism Police to Sri Lanka after the deadly bombing attacks that killed at least 359 people, including eight Britons, on Easter Sunday. United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that family liaison officers had been sent to Sri Lanka to support and assist the families […]

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Three suspects arrested with 21 hand grenades

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Three suspects were arrested along with a van, 21 locally made low powerful hand grenades and six swords during a raid carried out by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) and the Special Task Force (STF) personnel in Modara today. The CCD officials are conducting further investigations.

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Australian PM confirms Sri Lanka bomber studied there

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy Adaderana Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed one of the suicide bombers involved in the Sri Lankan bombings that killed more than 350 people on Easter Sunday spent time in Australia. The prime minister says the man was not granted another visa after leaving Australia more than six years ago. I can confirm […]

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Suspicious lorry registered under Shangri-La bomber seized

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy Adaderana A suspicious lorry, which bears the number WP DAE 4197 and purportedly used to transfer bombs for the suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, has been apprehended at Nayakkanda in Wattala. It is reported that the lorry is registered under one of the suicide bombers at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo. The interrogations into […]

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Sri Lankan Muslims will not accept bodies of terrorists behind attacks – ACJU

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy Adaderana All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) stated that they will not accept the bodies of the individuals who carried out the Easter Day attacks. Holding a press conference today (25), Sri Lanka’s main Islamic Cleric association stated that they vehemently condemn these attacks and that those who are responsible for this attack must be […]

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198 detonators found inside abandoned parcel in Nuwara Eliya

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy Adaderana 198 detonators have been recovered from Hawa Eliya area in Nuwara Eliya this morning (25). Nuwara Eliya Police had received a tip-off on a suspicious parcel abandoned near a culvert in Hawa Eliya area. In a joint search operation carried out by the Army and the Police, 198 detonators were found inside the […]

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Another possible attack targeting mosques?

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Courtesy Adaderana A statement issued by the IGP warns of another possible attack by the terrorist group which carried out the Easter Day attacks. The DIGs in charge of the Presidential Security Division, Special Security Division and Prime Minister’s Security Division has been informed by the IGP on this threat. According to the statement, this […]

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From the Den of the Mastermind

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

By Hafeel Farisz in Kattankudy Courtesy The Daily Mirror The entire family, 2 brothers, a sister and the parents of Zahran Hashim the suspected mastermind of the Easter Sunday massacre have been missing since April 18, 2019, his sister Mohomed Hashim Madaniya aged 25 told the Daily Mirror exclusively. I went and gave food to […]

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Sri Lanka attacks: Who are The National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ)?

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Sri Lanka News A previously little-known group called the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) is being accused of having carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan officials pinned the blame on the NTJ at a news conference on Monday. Until Monday, when the Sri Lankan government spokesman mentioned its name, very few […]

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Easter Day attacks are a plan of powerful nations – Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (English)

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Ada Derana news Archbishop of Sri Lanka Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has urged not to hold services at Catholic churches until further notice. The Cardinal stated this during a press conference held today (24) following a discussion with the ambassadors of Muslim-majority countries in Sri Lanka. He has also urged to work with peace considering the […]

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600 deported Pakistanis escorted to community center

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Six hundred Pakistanis, who had been living within the Negombo Police Division owing to deportation from Pakistan, have been taken into the Ahmadiyya Community Center in Nittambuwa, stated Ada Derana reporter. Reportedly, the relevant Pakistan nationals had been deported from Pakistan due to the war situation in Pakistan via the United Nations. However, the owners […]

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