Sri Lanka on Tuesday lifted a social media ban that was imposed after the Islamic State-claimed Easter bombings, a sign of security easing. The government had said it was seeking to curb the spread of misinformation in the wake of the bombings.
Sri Lankans light candles and pray outside St. Anthony's Church in Colombo. The country is limping back to normalcy after devastating bomb attacks.
Sri Lankan officials have warned that suspects linked to the bombings are still at large, and on Tuesday, Sri Lanka’s health minister, Rajitha Senarathna, said he and seven other government ministers had been identified by intelligence officials as targets of possible additional suicide attacks this week, by the same Islamic State-linked group of Sri Lankan militants.Senarathna said he stayed home Sunday and Monday upon the officials’ request.
Investigators said in a statement late Monday that Riyas A., also known as Riyas Aboobacker, was plotting a similar suicide attack in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Three other people were brought in for questioning about suspected links to Islamic State, according to the statement. In a video released Monday, a man said to be Baghdadi praised the suicide bombings in Sri Lanka, calling them “part of the revenge” that awaits the West. It was Baghdadi’s first filmed appearance in nearly five years.
According to global terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence, Islamic State claimed the attack on “apostate policemen” without producing evidence.
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