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Sri Lanka police arrest former top intelligence official over 2019 Easter suicide bombing

Sri Lanka police arrest former top intelligence official over 2019 Easter suicide bombing

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Former director of military intelligence during 2019 Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka is arrested, Irish journalist decries blacklash over Lenten ashes, a new church opens in Myanmar, and more.

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