Sri Lanka's government is facing anger over revelations that specific warnings about an attack went ignored
The government has said the NTJ group was behind the attack, perhaps with international help, and its leader Zahran Hashim remains unaccounted for.
In all, nine people are believed to have blown themselves up in Sunday, either during attacks or when police attempted to arrest them. The Kingsbury hotel in the capital was the last one hit. A fourth planned attack on a hotel failed, authorities said. The would-be attacker was followed back to a Colombo lodge, where he blew himself up, killing two people.
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