The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist milit...
COLOMBO - The U.S. 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.
“Tremendous progress has been made toward apprehending those plotters but I don’t think the story is over yet,” Ambassador Alaina Teplitz said in an interview. “We do believe that there is active planning under way .” Another government source told Reuters a document has been circulated among key security establishments instructing police and security forces across the country to remain on high alert because the militants were expected to try a strike before Ramadan.Teplitz told Reuters that the risk of more attacks remained real.
The government has lifted a ban on social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and viber, a source at the president’s office said. The ban had been imposed immediately after the attacks to prevent the spread of rumors. Authorities believe Zahran Hashim, the founder of NTJ, was the mastermind and one of the nine suicide bombers.
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