All the Islamic extremists involved in the Easter suicide bombings are either killed or arrested, Sri Lankan police and military chiefs have claimed, assuring that the country is now safe and can get back to normalcy. The police can happily announce that everyone with direct links have been either arrested or killed by now," Wickremaratne said. The Islamic State terror group claimed the attacks, the island nation's worst, but the government blamed ISIS linked local Islamist extremist group NTJ. Army chief Lt Gen Mahesh Senanayake said the military has taken steps to ensure national security under the emergency regulations. The Army chief urged the public to return to their day to day activities.

Source: dna May 07, 2019 09:11 UTC