{"id":88180,"date":"2019-05-04T14:57:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T21:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=88180"},"modified":"2019-05-04T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T21:57:16","slug":"bombs-found-near-mosque-in-sri-lanka-amid-fear-of-new-attacks-after-easter-massacre-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/05\/04\/bombs-found-near-mosque-in-sri-lanka-amid-fear-of-new-attacks-after-easter-massacre-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombs found near mosque in Sri Lanka amid fear of new attacks after Easter massacre \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three incendiary devices and 100 grams of ammonia were found buried near a mosque in Sri Lanka, local media report citing police as authorities warn of a new wave of terror two weeks after the attacks on Christian churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ammo was discovered in the town of Welipenna \u2013 70 kilometers south of Colombo \u2013 as police conducted a raid on Friday night, the local Daily Mirror paper reported<\/a>. Authorities revealed the bombs were locally produced. A 42-year-old suspect is said to have been detained in connection with the findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate operation, police seized 16 motherboards, 16 SIM cards and a range of other computer parts in a house in Mount Lavinia, a Sothern Colombo suburb. A 52-year old man was arrested during the raid.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three locally made bombs and 100 grams of ammonia were found buried in the backyard of a mosque at Welipenna last night, police said.

The explosives were recovered during a joint operation carried out by the STF and the police.#EasterAttackLk<\/a> #lka<\/a> #Srilanka<\/a>25<\/a>9:02 AM – May 4, 2019<\/a>16 people are talking about this<\/a>Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lankan security services are currently on high alert as the threat of potential new terror attacks looms large two weeks after the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people. Earlier this week, authorities warned of another wave of attacks,\u201d<\/em> possibly by people disguised as military.ALSO ON RT.COM<\/strong>Sri Lankan authorities warn of \u2018another wave of attacks\u2019 by \u2018persons dressed in military uniforms\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the investigation is still underway, the Sri Lankan government has imposed a ban on face coverings worn in public which may help conceal a person\u2019s identity. The prohibition makes no exceptions for religious attire such as burkas or veils, drawing criticism from Human Rights Watch as the\u00a0wrong response\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to the tragedy.ALSO ON RT.COMSri Lanka bans all face coverings, including Muslim veil, to facilitate terrorist identification<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RT Sri Lankan security personnel in Colombo. \u00a9  Reuters \/ Danish Siddiqui Three incendiary devices and 100 grams of ammonia were found buried near a mosque in Sri Lanka, local media report citing police as authorities warn of a new wave of terror two weeks after the attacks on Christian churches. The ammo was discovered in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}