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(AFP) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka announced Friday it would establish new police posts and step up patrols at popular resorts after a spate of sexual attacks and violence targeting foreign tourists. Police chief Pujith Jayasundara said 20 new stations would be established at vacation hotspots to protect visitors from scalpers and criminals, despite concerns his force was already overstretched.“I wish we had more men and resources for this job, but we are making adjustments to our deployments to ensure better productivity,” Jayasundara said. He added the measures were decided after a Dutch tourist was sexually harassed and several other tourists were assaulted by a gang at a hotel in the southern resort town of Mirissa last week.Five Israeli tourists were beaten up in the same area this week and 14 men have been arrested over the two incidents, police said. Local media reports have cataloged several sexual harassment complaints by foreign tourists, with many … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka Boosts Tourist Hotspot Security After Israelis Beaten Up

News / UK and world by Press Association April 23, 2019, 4:35 pm Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Jeremy Corbyn has urged the world not to “cut Sri Lanka off” in the wake of the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed more than 300 people. The Labour leader made the comments after visiting the Sri Lankan High Commission close to Hyde Park on Tuesday afternoon. He said: “The people who died were tourists, they were Sri Lanka nationals, they were of all different faiths, all different communities – they all lost their lives in this brutal and horrible attack. “I hope that the Sri Lankan people can come together in obviously mourning and grief but also in opposition to what’s happened because Sri Lanka has been through terrible times – thousands have lost their lives in the civil wars of the past and nobody wants to see a return to those days.” He said that the UK should offer any assistance Sri Lanka … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka massacre an attack on all of us, says Jeremy Corbyn

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Sri Lanka bombing said to be worst since 9/11 ISIS claims credit for Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombing Chaos in the Sri Lanka government Sri Lankans fear a return to the civil war Sri Lanka’s Generational Recover Era Sri Lanka bombing said to be worst since 9/11 The death toll has risen above 350, and over 500 injured, in the Easter Sunday bombing of churches and hotels in Colombo, the capital city, and other cities in Sri Lanka. The church bombings took place in the middle of Easter services to maximize carnage. Some analysts are saying that this is the worst terror attack since the attack on 9/11/2001. So far, police have arrested 30 people in conjunction with the attacks. The investigation has concluded that the perpetrators were National Thowheeth Jamaath (NTJ), a little-known jihadist terror group operating in South Asia. NJT has not claimed credit for the attack. In fact, no one claimed responsibility for the … [Read more...] about World View: Islamic State Claims Credit for Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Bombing

ISIS terror masterminds are plotting attacks on tourists now that they have been freed from having to defend their territory, intelligence chiefs have warned. The jihadis were driven out of the last strip of land they held in Baghouz, northeastern Syria last month – but they have been linked to the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 250 people. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks, while Sri Lankan authorities say local jihadi groups with links to the jihadis are responsible. Since the suicide bombings on churches and security forces have been conducting raids across Sri Lanka. Cops are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to the jihadi death cult. It is now feared ISIS are planning more terrorist spectaculars on western tourists. Intelligence sources told the Sunday Telegraph, India, the Maldives and east African resorts in Kenya and Tanzania were the most vulnerable. “The change in tactics is a big worry,” said one source. … [Read more...] about Map shows holiday hotspots where ISIS plotting Sri Lanka-style attacks on Brit tourists after ‘caliphate’ crushed in Syria

Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE April 21, 2019, 5:18 AM GMT  / Updated  April 21, 2019, 6:29 AM GMT By Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lanka hospital spokesman says six Easter Sunday blasts killed at least 30 people and wounded 283 others. National Hospital spokesman Dr. Samindi Samarakoon says the nearly 300 wounded have been admitted to the capital Colombo's main hospital. The near-simultaneous blasts hit three churches and three hotels frequented by tourists, said a Sri Lanka security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. The official suspects at least two of the blasts were caused by suicide bombers. The first blast ripped through St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo. One church, St. Anthony's Shrine, and the three hotels are in Colombo and are frequented by foreign tourists. The other … [Read more...] about More than 280 injured in Sri Lanka blasts that hit three churches and three hotels on Easter Sunday