Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants dressed in uniforms

Sri Lanka on alert for attacks by militants dressed in uniforms
Sri Lankan security officials have warned that militants behind Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings are planning imminent attacks and could be dressed in military uniforms, Reuters reported.

The militants were targeting five locations for attacks on Sunday or Monday, security sources said.

“There could be another wave of attacks,” the head of ministerial security division (MSD), a unit of the police, said in a letter to lawmakers and other officials, seen by Reuters on Monday (April 29).

“The relevant information further notes that persons dressed in military uniforms and using a van could be involved in the attacks.”

Two cabinet ministers and two opposition lawmakers confirmed to Reuters that they were aware of the latest security alert.

There were no attacks on Sunday, and security across Sri Lanka has been ramped up, with scores of suspected Islamists arrested since the April 21 attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people, including 40 foreign nationals.

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