His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo’s seafront. Instead, he ended up detonating his explosive device in a budget motel by the city’s zoo, killing a couple who had arrived only half an hour earlier. Abdul Latheef Mohamed Jameel, who was educated in Australia and Britain, was […]
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Sri Lanka says wanted extremist leader died in hotel attack
An extremist leader considered a central figure in Sri Lanka’s Easter suicide bombings died in the attacks, the president said Friday as the police chief became the latest figure to quit over the failure to prevent the massacre. With the country still on edge, heavy security was put in place for Friday prayers at mosques, […]