Sri Lanka deputy defence minister says Easter bombings were retaliation for Christchurch mosque massacres
A special session of the Sri Lankan Parliament was convened on Tuesday afternoon. State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said early investigations indicated the bombings could have been retaliation for the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 50 people last month.
It was not clear whether that group is associated with the Bangladeshi listed terror organisation of the same name. Cabinet Minister Rajitha Senaratne suggested the group had assistance from international militants to stage the attacks. A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard at the entrance to the World trade Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.The NTJ originated around a decade ago on Sri Lanka’s east coast and is understood to follow the conservative Salafist form of Islam practised in Saudi Arabia.
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