How IS-inspired local suicide bombers carried out strikes in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka attacks show Islamic State influence outlives caliphate The devastating bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, claimed by Islamic State jihadists, show that the influence of the group's extremist ideology remains dangerously intact even after the collapse of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, experts say.

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CCTV footage shows suspected suicide bombers behind Shangri-La hotel blasts A day after Sri Lankan authorities released CCTV footage of suspected suicidebomber behind the St Sebastian's church blast, a local channel aired surveillance footage purportedly showing two suspected suicide bombers walking through the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo as they denoted the bombs.

Survivors of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 321 people recounted the horrors of the blasts and buried their dead relatives, as the first images of a suspected bomber were released by authorities on Tuesday (April 23).

Survivors recount horrors of blast and bury dead relatives

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How IS-inspired local suicide bombers carried out strikes in Sri Lanka

News brief: Big stories of the day

News brief: Big stories of the day

Survivors recount horrors of blast and bury dead relatives