Sri Lanka Warns Further Islamic Terrorist Attacks Cannot Be Ruled Out

Sri Lanka Warns Further Islamic Terrorist Attacks Cannot Be Ruled Out
Sri Lankan military stand guard inside a church after an explosion in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on April 21, 2019. Stringer/Reuters
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COLOMBO—Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on May 7, but warned the chance of further Islamic terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.

Wickremesinghe said the government, which has made major strides in capturing the plotters linked to the April 21 bombings that killed more than 250 people, including 42 foreigners, plans to introduce a new anti-terrorism law.