Sri Lankan president Maithipala Sirisena and prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe were to meet early Monday morning to take stock of the situation. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) — an umbrella Muslim group — has vehemently condemned the terrorist attack on churches and other places. Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. Sri Lanka had seen relative peace for a decade with a three decade long civil war coming to an end in May 2009. Out of Sri Lanka’s total population of around 22 million, 70 % are Buddhist, 12.6 % Hindu, 9.7 % Muslim and 7.6 % Christian, according to the country’s 2012 census.

Source: Mint April 22, 2019 04:41 UTC