{"id":61557,"date":"2019-04-28T05:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=61557"},"modified":"2019-04-28T05:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T19:17:07","slug":"mastermind-of-sri-lanka-bombings-trained-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/mastermind-of-sri-lanka-bombings-trained-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastermind of Sri Lanka bombings trained in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mastermind of the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka Zahran Hashim had been trained in India, sources revealed on Saturday.<br \/>\nA report by Indian newspaper The Hindu quotes a top military source in Sri Lanka stating Zahran Hashim spent substantial time in South India.<br \/>\nAccording to the report, Indian officials have pointed to evidence that Zahran Hashim the leader of National Thawheed Jama\u2019ut which carried out the attacks maintained virtual links with youth believed to be of Indian origin.<br \/>\nOn Friday, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena told reporters Zahran Hashim was killed at one of the Colombo hotels targeted. \u201cWhat intelligence agencies have told me is that Zahran was killed during the Shangri-La attack,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n253 people were killed in the Easter Sunday bombings which were claimed by Daesh. The Sri Lankan government has confirmed there were nine suicide bombers, eight of whom have been identified. Authorities have focused their investigations on international links to two domestic groups \u2014 National Thawheed Jama\u2019ut and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim \u2014 they believe carried out the attacks.<br \/>\nHashim, who founded the National Thawheed Jama\u2019ut, appeared in a video released by Daesh when it claimed the strikes. He is seen leading seven others in a pledge of allegiance to Baghdadi.<br \/>\nPolice said they found a Daesh flag, the backdrop and the clothes the men wore for their video in the studio in the town of Sammanthurai, 370 kilometres (231 miles) east of the capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mastermind of the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka Zahran Hashim had been trained in India, sources revealed on Saturday. 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