Over 150 arrested over Easter Sunday terror attacks

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Police have said they have arrested over 150 suspects and have accounted for all six suspects who were declared as most-wanted on a list issued following the attacks.

Two suspects have been killed, while the other four were in custody, police said.

President Maithripala Sirisena said Friday that the authorities believed there were 140 Islamic State-inspired jihadists in Sri Lanka and he had security forces to track them down.

The Easter attacks were blamed on the local National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) whose leader was among the suicide bombers.

Sri Lanka’s schools remain closed and all political parties have cancelled their May Day rallies for Wednesday because of security concerns.