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Sri Lanka places a temporary ban on social media networks following attacks on Muslims

A police officer searches a worshipper at the main entrance of the St Theresa's church as the Catholic churches in Sri Lanka restart their Sunday service after Easter Sunday bombing attacks on 21st of April,in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 12, 2019. The Sri Lankan government said on Monday it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after violent incidents in the wake of Easter bombings by militants.

The Ministry of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs said mosques must not be used for radicalising congregations. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament that his Buddhist-majority nation was a victim of extremists and needed international support to deal with the persisting threat."Even if we have arrested or killed every terrorist responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks, extremists abroad can still cause trouble for us," the PM said. Easter bombers killed or arrested – police chief

"The two bomb experts of the group have been killed. We have seized the explosives they had stored for future attacks."State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks.

The narrow, sandy plot is dotted with a cinderblock four-storey watchtower, as well as mango trees, a chicken coop and a goat shed. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, offered a televised Mass from his residence that was attended mostly by priests and nuns. The officer said an investigation was underway into the clashes, the first violence between Muslims and Christians since the Easter Sunday attacks targeting three churches and three luxury hotels in the country.Sri Lanka's Catholic cardinal received "foreign information" that attempts would be made this week to attack a church and another church institution, according to a letter he sent Thursday to church officials that later appeared on social media.

A spokesman for the cardinal said on Thursday the Church received "specific information of two possible attacks against churches," and it was decided to call off the May 5 mass. "The relevant information further notes that persons dressed in military uniforms and using a van could be involved in the attacks."Tourist arrivals in Colombo to drop by 50 percent

Over the weekend, two sources in the president's office told Reuters that Pujith Jayasundara, the police chief during the April 21 attacks, was refusing a request from the president to step down.President Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face covering, a week after terrorists carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.

 

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