Sri Lanka Restores Nationwide Curfew In Wake Of Easter Bombings - Reports
Umer Jamshaid Published April 24, 2019 | 08:50 PM
The Sri Lankan authorities will reimpose a nationwide curfew starting on Wednesday evening and into the early hours of Thursday, as the country continues recovering from the deadly Easter bombings, local media reported, citing police
The previous curfew ended in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to the news 1st media outlet, the curfew will be in place from 10:00 p.m.
(16:30 GMT) on Wednesday to 4:00 a.m. on Thursday (22:30 GMT on Wednesday).
On Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka was shaken by a series of coordinated attacks that left 359 people dead and over 500 injured. Colombo has launched a massive security operation in the wake of the tragedy, with nearly 60 people detained over their suspected involvement in the deadly bombings.
The Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia) reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks on Tuesday.
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