Sri Lankan security officials have warned that the Islamist militants behind Eas...
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan security officials have warned that the Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday’s deadly suicide bombings were planning more attacks imminently, using a van and bombers disguised in military uniforms.
“There could be another wave of attacks,” the head of ministerial security division , a unit of the police, said in a letter to lawmakers and other security sections, seen by Reuters on Monday. Authorities suspect members of two little known groups - National Thawheedh Jamaath and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim - of carrying out those attacks, though Islamic State has claimed responsibility.
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