Islamic State has released video of the Sri Lankan Easter Sunday suicide bombers swearing allegiance to militant group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Bombers had struck churches and hotels with foreign guests from “crusader” countries fighting against the militants, a statement said, and referred to Easter as an “infidel” holiday.
The video and a photograph showed Zaharan Hashmi, the extremist preacher who led the obscure Sri Lankan group accused of carrying out the simultaneous blasts at six targets.