Sri Lanka raids headquarters of hardline Islamist group suspected in church bombings

Sri Lanka raids headquarters of hardline Islamist group suspected in church bombingsArmed police in the town of Kattankudy searched the headquarters of the National Thawheedh Jamaath (NTJ) and detained one man at the premises, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. On Saturday the government banned the NTJ under new emergency laws. The authorities believe Zahran Hashim, the founder of NTJ, masterminded and was one of the nine suicide bombers in the attacks on Easter Sunday which killed 253 people.




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