Easter blasts: Sri Lanka imposes emergency as death toll mounts to 290

Number of Indians killed in the serial blasts rises to 8; attacks carried out with the help of an international network

Current Affairs:A ninth hazardous gadget, a six-foot pipe bomb, was found at Colombo International Airport on Monday. It was effectively defused
Sri Lankan police discovered 87 bomb detonators at the principle transport station in Colombo on Monday, a representative said
Seven Lankan suicide aircraft associated with Easter impacts; 24 captured as toll ascends to 290
A nearby outfit distinguished as the National Tawheed Jamath is associated with plotting the impacts, a top Sri Lankan priest said
Sri Lanka authorized a highly sensitive situation from midnight on Monday in the wake of the impacts, upgrading the counter-psychological warfare forces of the security powers. The choice was made amid a gathering of the National Security Council led by President Maithripala SirisenaRead More

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