Sri Lanka detains 18 in hunt for those behind bombings
Local residents gather on a closed street near St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo to honour more than 300 people killed in suicide bomb blasts. – AFP pic, April 24, 2019
SRI Lankan security forces arrested 18 suspects linked to the country’s deadly Islamist Easter bombings in overnight raids, police today said. Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said the suspects were held in a search operation carried out by police and security forces using emergency powers introduced since Sunday’s attacks which left more than 359 dead.
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