Sri Lanka troops join hunt for bomb attack suspects

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka deployed thousands of additional troops countrywide overnight to help police hunt for suspects in the Easter Sunday suicide blasts that killed nearly 360 people, a spokesman said on Thursday.

“We are armed with powers to search, seize, arrest and detain under emergency regulations,” Atapattu told AFP.The government also announced a ban on all drone flights and said licences issued to all commercial operators were suspended with immediate effect. Sri Lankan authorities are also investigating a security failure to act on prior information about the impending Easter bombings by the NTJ.

Recriminations have flown since Sunday’s attacks and the country remained tense with many shops and offices closed and motorists staying off the roads.

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