COLOMBO — Security was stepped up at churches across Sri Lanka ahead of Easter Sunday services to guard against a repeat of the 2019 suicide bombings that killed 279, a police spokesman said.
More than 12,500 armed constables were on duty outside close to 2,000 Sri Lankan churches, and were backed by military personnel.
“We have also got the help the armed forces to patrol and reinforce police units across the country,” police spokesman Deputy Inspector-General Ajith Rohana said.
Sri Lanka was shaken on Easter Sunday in 2019 when three churches and three hotels were targeted by alleged local jihadists in the largest single terror attack in the history of the country.
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