National Towheeth Jamaath, the group suspected to be behind Sri Lanka blasts: All you need to know | What Is News, The Indian Express

National Towheeth Jamaath, the group suspected to be behind Sri Lanka blasts: All you need to know | What Is News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Published: April 22, 2019 5:41:57 pm

National Towheeth Jamaath, the group suspected to be behind Sri Lanka blasts: All you need to know

The National Towheeth Jamaath, which preaches a puritanical form of Islam, was formed in Kattankudy, a Muslim-dominated town in eastern Sri Lanka, in 2014.

Twenty-four persons were arrested in connection with the eight bombs blasts that left nearly 500 people injured. (Reuters)

Even as Sri Lanka tries to pick up the pieces after a series of co-ordinated bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday, leaving more than 290 people dead, the name of a little-known Islamic radical group National Towheeth Jamaath has cropped up as being responsible for the attacks.