COLOMBO: The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh attacks.Sri Lankan security forces also said they were maintaining a high level of alert amid intelligence reports that the militants were likely to strike before the start of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. "Tremendous progress has been made towards apprehending those plotters but I don't think the story is over yet," Ambassador Alaina Teplitz said in an interview. "We do believe that there is active planning under way (for more attacks). "Scores of suspected Islamists have been arrested in the multi-ethnic island nation since April 21 suicide bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people, including 42 foreign nationals. The man had been influenced by speeches made by Zahran, the government's National Investigation Agency said in a statement.Sri Lanka's 22 million population is mostly Buddhist but includes minority Christians, Muslims and Hindus.

Source: Economic Times April 30, 2019 07:53 UTC