Government ministers were informed that they may be targets and were told to stay home.
By Adam Taylor and Adam Taylor Foreign reporter who writes about a variety of subjects Email Bio Follow Joanna Slater Joanna Slater Foreign correspondent covering South Asia Email Bio Follow April 30 at 10:59 AM More than a week after a series of bombings on Easter Sunday left more than 250 people dead in Sri Lanka, government officials and a top U.S. diplomat are warning that members of the Islamic State-linked group behind the attacks may still be at large and planning more strikes.
“We certainly have reason to believe that the active attack group has not been fully rendered inactive,” Teplitz said in an interview with Reuters. “We do believe that there is active planning underway.” Police have arrested scores of people they suspect of having links to the bombings. On Sunday, as police approached a suspected safe house in the eastern coastal town of Sainthamaruthu, a shootout and explosions left 15 people dead, including six children.
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