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Sri Lanka spy chief blamed for failures before Easter attack
- Associated Press, Church in Asia
- Oct 24, 2019
A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee that investigated last April’s Easter suicide bombings has concluded that the country’s spy chief was primarily responsible for the intelligence failure that led to the deaths of 269 people in the attacks.
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2 women convicted in failed 2016 Notre Dame car bomb plot
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Oct 15, 2019
Two women who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and tried to blow up a car near Notre Dame cathedral in 2016 were convicted Monday of terrorism charges and sentenced to 30 and 25 years in prison after apologizing for their actions.
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France seeks prison for 2 women in failed Notre Dame plot
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Oct 11, 2019
French prosecutors sought prison sentences of 25 and 30 years for two young women accused of trying to explode a car near Notre Dame Cathedral in 2016.
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More needed to fight terrorism in Sahel region, Catholic agency says
- Church in Africa
- Sep 27, 2019
A recent pledge of $1 billion by a regional body to tackle the growing jihadist problem in Africa’s Sahel region “will not be enough to stop the crisis,” according to a leading Catholic aid agency.
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IS women on trial for attempted attack near Notre Dame
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Sep 25, 2019
Two French women who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group went on trial Monday for trying to blow up a car near Notre Dame Cathedral in 2016, in a case that authorities hope sheds light on the wave of extremism that has hit France.
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Indonesian police arrest suspects linked to 2018 church bombings
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Aug 28, 2019
Indonesian police have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have been linked to last year’s bombings at three churches in Surabaya, the country’s second-largest city.
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