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Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings

Reuters . Cairo
A suspected suicide bomber carries a backpack on a street in Negombo, Sri Lanka 21 April 2019 in this still image taken from a CCTV handout footage of Easter Sunday attacks released on 23 April 2019. CCTV/Siyatha News via Reuters
A suspected suicide bomber carries a backpack on a street in Negombo, Sri Lanka 21 April 2019 in this still image taken from a CCTV handout footage of Easter Sunday attacks released on 23 April 2019. CCTV/Siyatha News via Reuters

Islamic state has claimed responsibility for coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka which killed 321 people and injured about 500 others, the group's AMAQ news agency said on Tuesday.

The group did not give evidence for its claim.

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