A woman from Kasargod district in north Kerala was killed in the blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday morning. At least 190 people were killed in the serial blasts, Sri Lanka’s defence minister said. She and her family members had gone to Sri Lanka to meet some of her relatives . Also read: 207 killed, 450 injured in Sri Lanka serial blasts; 7 suspects arrestedAFP reported that Sri Lanka’s police chief Pujuth Jayasundara issued an intelligence alert to top officers 10 days ago, warning that suicide bombers planned to hit “prominent churches”. The NTJ is a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka that was linked last year to the vandalisation of Buddhist statues.

Source: Hindustan Times April 21, 2019 12:11 UTC