04-21-2019, 10:50 AM
Sri Lanka’s defense ministry ordered a nighttime curfew across the country, and authorities “temporarily” blocked access to social media websites and applications “in order to prevent incorrect and wrong information being spread,” Udaya R. Seneviratne, secretary to the country’s president said in a statement.
The curfew went into effect at 6 p.m. local time and was due to end at 6 a.m. Monday.
Sri Lankan Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the attacks as a terrorist incident and blamed religious extremists.
Wijewardena did not release any additional information about the arrests of seven suspects believed to have participated in the attacks.
Refs:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...tion-small
https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-suspects...-bombings/
The curfew went into effect at 6 p.m. local time and was due to end at 6 a.m. Monday.
Sri Lankan Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena described the attacks as a terrorist incident and blamed religious extremists.
Wijewardena did not release any additional information about the arrests of seven suspects believed to have participated in the attacks.
Refs:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...tion-small
https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-suspects...-bombings/