ISIS says its fighters carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, but offers no evidence for the claim. Follow live updates:
From CNN’s Rebecca Wright and Ajith Champika in ColomboSri Lanka police stand guard at St Anthony's Church in Colombo.All police stations in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo have been advised to be on high alert for a truck and van suspected to be carrying explosives, a Colombo Police spokesperson told CNN.Akshat Saraf was vacationing with his wife and young child over the Easter holidays in Sri Lanka.
"That's when I realized probably the sound, the explosive noise, did come from our building and I asked my wife to pick up the passports and we immediately left the room.," said Saraf.Footage provided to CNN shows a man identified as a suspect by Sri Lanka state TV SLRC walking around St. Sebastian's church on Easter Sunday morning, shortly before it was rocked by an explosion.
The next frame, according to police but not provided publicly, shows the suspect detonating his bomb.3 hr 23 min agoIslamic extremists carried out Sunday's coordinated attacks in retaliation for a March attack on two mosques in New Zealand, said Ruwan Wijewardana, the Sri Lankan State Defense Minister.
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