Sri Lanka Police Hunt 140 After Easter Bombings as Shooting Erupts in East

Sri Lanka Police Hunt 140 After Easter Bombings as Shooting Erupts in East
Sri Lankan Special Task Force soldiers stand guard in front of a mosque during the Friday prayers at a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 26, 2019. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
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COLOMBO—Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to the ISIS terrorist group, which claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 253, as shooting erupted in the east during a raid.
Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, amid fears of retaliatory violence.