ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka attacks without providing any evidence
A grieving woman is supported during a funeral service at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, for Easter Sunday bomb blast victims on April 23, 2019. More than 320 people were killed in the attacks.
"By now it has been established that the intelligence units were aware of this attack and a group of responsible people were informed about the impending attack," he said."However, this information has been circulated among only a few officials." The six near-simultaneous attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels and three related blasts later Sunday was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence in a decade. Wijewardene said the death toll from the attack now stood at 321 people, with 500 wounded.
The report named six individuals likely to be involved in the plot, including someone it said had been building support for Zahran and was in hiding since the group clashed with another religious organization in March 2018. A block on most social media since the attacks has left a vacuum of information, fueling confusion and giving little reassurance the danger had passed. Even after an overnight curfew was lifted, the streets of central Colombo were mostly deserted Tuesday and shops closed as armed soldiers stood guard.
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