Sri Lanka

The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were found in the place of fierce gunfire on the east coast of Sri Lanka six days after suicide bombers took at least 250 lives in the island state, Reuters reported.
 

A new explosion has been heard in Sri Lanka this morning. There are no reports of victims and victims yet. Police officers are checking the case.

Novinite.com recalls that in a series of terrorist attacks on Sunday, 359 people were killed there, and nearly 500 were injured.

The explosion occurred Thursday morning in Pogoda, about 40 kilometers east of Colombo.

Most of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed 359 and wounded more than 500, come from the middle, upper-middle-class families, said the country's deputy defense minister on April 24

Police in Sri Lanka say the victims of the attacks on Easter are already 359, AP reported. There are also more arrests - 18, with which suspects arrested turn 58, police spokeswoman Rouwan Gunesekaara said this morning.

A group of visiting students from a high school of the Romanian city of Iasi on Tuesday were safely repatriated from Sri Lanka to Romania, according to the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE).

ISIL on April 23 claimed a series of bombings that killed more than 320 people in Sri Lanka.

Bodies of two Turkish citizens, who lost their lives in Sri Lanka bombings, have been brought to Turkey, a diplomatic source said on April 23.           

An explosion happened inside a bus during attempt to dismantle an explosive device in it, near the church in Sri Lanka, where on Sunday dozens of people were killed in an attack, Reuters reported by referring to eyewitnesses.

Custodian of Romania's Crown Margareta says she is appalled by the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka's churches and public spaces, calling them "abominable crime" and wishing speedy recovery to the injured. "I am joining the Royal Family in expressing deep consternation and profound pain for the violence that has fallen on many peaceful people, locals and strangers in Sri Lanka.

The attacks were carried out by members of a domestic militant group called National Thowfeek Jamaath, a government official said, аccording to ABC news. 

All of the bombers were Sri Lankan citizens, but authorities suspect foreign links, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.