Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade. The organisation also made no mention of the Christchurch attacks, and provided no proof of the bombers' affiliations. "It's possible it could have been because of the Christchurch attacks, we cannot say yet. The Sri Lanka government has maintained that the attacks on Sunday could not have been carried out without support from terror groups abroad. Mr Wickremesinghe also said the 40 suspects arrested so far were all Sri Lankan citizens, however some were thought to have travelled overseas.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 23, 2019 20:48 UTC