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Very little of the Sri Lanka terror attacks fits past patterns

For now, the government's claim that this was a Sri Lankan operation, with some outside help, is hard to take at face value.

New York | The wave of suicide attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday feels awfully familiar, as is the government's assessment of who is to blame: local jihadists, in cahoots with international terrorist networks.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne told a press conference in Colombo that the National Thowheed Jamath - a small, hitherto little-known group - was behind the bombings, which have killed some 300 and wounded 500.

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