All suspects in Sri Lanka bombings arrested or dead: Police

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COLOMBO: All suspected plotters and those directly linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings have either been arrested or killed, acting police ...

last week after President Maithripala Sirisena suspended his predecessor over his failure to act on warnings about the attacks, said public life was slowly returning to normal with the lifting of curfews imposed after the bombs.to below 10 per cent in many places, with parents still fearing attacks.

"We have strengthened security for all schools," the police chief said."We are also conducting a programme to create awareness about safety and security in all schools." Mr Wickramaratne did not say how many people were in custody over the bombings, but police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said Monday that 73 people, including nine women, were being held.

Police said religious tensions have eased in Negombo, a town north of Colombo that suffered the highest death toll in the Easter Sunday attacks. A bomb at St Sebastian's church in the town killed more than 100 worshippers.on Sunday night. The Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and urged Christians not to carry out attacks.

Police said two arrests were made and more suspects had been identified through CCTV footage in relation to Sunday night's incidents.

 

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