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Woman wakes from coma 27 years after

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2019

A woman in the United Arab Emirates has regained full consciousness after being in a vegetative state since 1991. Munira Abdulla suffered a severe brain injury in a car crash 28 years ago in the city of Al Ain. The mother, who was 32 at the time, was hugging her son to protect him as […]

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ISIS releases photo of suicide bomber-squad following Sri Lanka attack

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2019

The Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka that killed over 300 people on Sunday. The terror group released a picture of eight terrorists through its propaganda ‘Amaq’ news agency. “The executors of the attack that targeted citizens of coalition states and Christians in Sri Lanka two […]

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Sri Lanka: Officials say attack is revenge for New Zealand Mosque shootings

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2019

The suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka were retaliation for the mosque shootings in New Zealand last month, government officials said Tuesday as they continued searching for conspirators. About 50 people died at the mosques in Christchurch on March 15. Authorities say they were shot dead by a white nationalist from Australia. Sri Lankan defense […]

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ISIS claims responsibility of Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attacks

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2019

The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 300 people at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. The group’s Amaq News Agency made the claim on Tuesday. A government official said the bombings were retaliation for the killing of 50 people last month at mosques in New Zealand, […]

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Scottish billionaire lost three of four children in Sri Lanka bombings

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2019

Anders Povlsen, one of the owners of British online fashion retailer, Asos, says three of his four children were killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. A series of blasts, most thought to be the work of suicide bombers, was targeted at churches and five star hotels in eight different locations. According to […]

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Sri Lanka says attacks carried out by suicide bombers, international network involved

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2019

Seven suicide bombers took part in the attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka that killed 290 people and wounded more than 500, an investigator said on Monday, while a government spokesman said an international network was involved. Two of the suicide bombers blew themselves up at the luxury Shangri-La Hotel on Colombo’s […]