The Sri Lanka attacks 'took a lot of planning, which is surprising for a group that most have never heard of,' a security researcher says
The obscure local Islamist group blamed by Sri Lankan authorities for the Easter Sunday attacks was known for its hard-line views and as a conduit for radicalizing some of the nation’s Muslims, but terrorism experts suspect it would have needed outside help to pull off such mayhem.
Neither the local group, National Thowheeth Jamath, nor any transnational militant organization has claimed responsibility. Sri Lanka officials say no evidence directly implicates the group in the bombings, but that it has come under suspicion because...
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