COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister has acknowledged to The Associated Press that minority Ahmadi Muslims who are refugees from Pakistan have faced attacks since the Easter bombings. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Thursday that security forces were trying to help the Ahmadis. Wickremesinghe said that some people “had become suspicious of foreigners, not of Muslims per se. On Thursday, Ahmadis described to the AP how they have faced violence in the time since. About 500 have fled their homes in Negombo and are living some 30 kilometers away under police protection.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 25, 2019 13:30 UTC