COLOMBO - The US ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh
attacks.
Scores of suspected Islamists have been arrested in the multi-ethnic island nation since April 21 suicide bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people, including 42 foreign nationals. “We certainly have reason to believe that the active attack group has not been fully rendered inactive,” she said.
The government has also banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law put in place after the Easter attacks.
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