Sri Lanka secures schools ahead of reopening
Sri Lankan bomb disposal squad officers using a sniffer dog to check for explosives at a school in Colombo today. – AFP pic, May 5, 2019.
SRI Lanka ordered tens of thousands of security personnel to secure public schools ahead of their reopening tomorrow, officials said, following the Easter suicide bombings. The search for explosives and a security cordon thrown around 10,900 schools nationwide came as the government said it has expelled over 600 foreigners, including around 200 Islamic clerics, since the April 21 attacks claimed by the Islamic State group.
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