Sri Lanka widened the countrywide curfew after successive days of mob attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned shops in the North Western Province in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings. Authorities have also blocked social media to stop people inciting violence.
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Sri Lankan security forces, on Saturday, carried out an operation to take down militants linked to the Easter Sunday bombings in eastern province of the country, in which 15 people including six children and three women died.
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Two days after the deadly Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka churches and luxury hotels, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed over 300 people and injured hundreds more. Meanwhile, the country’s Muslims are fearing a backlash.
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