US charges 3 Sri Lankans in 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks
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Colombo, April 22, 2019 (Xinhua) People work at a blast scene at St. Anthony s Church in Kochchikade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. The death toll from the multiple blasts that ripped through Sri Lanka on Sunday rose to 228 while 450 other. Image Source: IANS News
New York, Jan 10 : A US federal prosecutor has charged three Sri Lankans at a Los Angeles court in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks on the island nation that killed 268 people, including five Americans.
The Justice Department said on Friday that the three men, who are members of the ISIS in Sri Lanka, have been charged with conspiring to provide, providing, and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation.
The US Justice Department charged three Sri Lankans on Friday with supporting terrorism for their participation in the 2019 Islamic State Easter attack that killed 268 people. The department said the three were part of the "ISIS in Sri Lanka" group behind the attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels in three cities on the Christian holiday on April 21, 2019. The Islamic State claimed responsibility and called the well-planned attacks a.
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DOJ charges 03 Sri Lankans over 2019 April Terror Attacks
DOJ charges 03 Sri Lankans over 2019 April Terror Attacks
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Colombo (News 1st); The US Justice Department announced on Friday (08) that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS).
The men were part of a group of ISIS supporters which called itself “ISIS in Sri Lanka.”
That group is responsible for the 2019 Easter attacks in the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which killed 268 people, including five U.S. citizens, and injured over 500 others, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed on Friday (08).