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Islamic State video throws spotlight on suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka bombings
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 24, 2019 / 7:01 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Islamic State video throws spotlight on suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka bombings
Alasdair Pal
5 MIN READ
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Standing under a black flag of the Islamic State, eight men declare their loyalty to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
“We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions,” they say, before praising Allah.
IS claims the men in the video, released late on Tuesday by its AMAQ news agency, carried out the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 350 people in churches and luxury hotels, the deadliest such attack in South Asia’s history.
Only one man from the video has his face uncovered: his name was Mohamed Zahran.
Sri Lankan intelligence officials and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe believe that Zahran, a Tamil-speaking preacher from the east of the Indian Ocean island country, may have masterminded the attacks.
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Islamic State video throws spotlight on suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka bombings
Alasdair Pal
5 MIN READ
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Standing under a black flag of the Islamic State, eight men declare their loyalty to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
“We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions,” they say, before praising Allah.
IS claims the men in the video, released late on Tuesday by its AMAQ news agency, carried out the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 350 people in churches and luxury hotels, the deadliest such attack in South Asia’s history.
Only one man from the video has his face uncovered: his name was Mohamed Zahran.
Sri Lankan intelligence officials and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe believe that Zahran, a Tamil-speaking preacher from the east of the Indian Ocean island country, may have masterminded the attacks.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-blasts-claim/islamic-state-video-throws-spotlight-on-suspected-ringleader-of-sri-lanka-bombings-idUSKCN1S01AN
