Sri Lanka Easter attack mastermind inspired Islamic State module behind Coimbatore car blast

[ad_1] Tamil Nadu DGP C. Sylendra Babu (second right) inspects the car, which was gutted following an explosion in front of Kottai Eswaran Kovil in Coimbatore. Photo: Special Arrangement   Those involved in last October’s car explosion in front of Coimbatore’s Sangameswarar temple operated an Islamic State (IS) module inspired by Zahran Hashim, the mastermind […]

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Morning Digest | Coimbatore blast accused planned suicide attacks, says NIA; Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi shivling case today, and more

[ad_1] Coimbatore car blast | Accused Jameesha Mubin planned suicide attacks, says NIA The National Investigation Agency on November 10 said Jameesha Mubin, the deceased suspect in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, had planned suicide attacks to cause extensive damage to symbols and monuments of a particular religious faith. Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi shivling case […]

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Coimbatore car blast | Terror probe, politics and more

[ad_1] Two decades after serial explosions claimed 58 lives, Coimbatore turned tense the day before Deepavali when a car blast on a busy street left one man — the main accused — dead. Wilson Thomas and S. Vijay Kumar piece together the details of the investigation of a suspected terror plot Two decades after serial […]

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Coimbatore car blast | Police arrest sixth suspect

[ad_1] Afsar Khan who is a kin of the suspected mastermind allegedly played a very important role in the entire conspiracy by sourcing raw materials required to make explosives Afsar Khan who is a kin of the suspected mastermind allegedly played a very important role in the entire conspiracy by sourcing raw materials required to […]

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