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 After defence secretary, inspector general Pujith Jayasundara has stepped down over failures that led to the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

Easter Sunday attack on Sri Lanka was ranked as the deadliest attacks claimed by the Islamic State,l. However, that claim may not hold true now as officials have revised the death toll. Officials blamed calculation error and stated that the precise death toll now stands at 253.

From banning social media to raiding mosques, Sri Lankan government has taken massive steps after Sunday Easter churches attack. 
 

Nine suicide bombers, believed to be the members of a local Islamist extremist group National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches and three luxury hotels.

Just a couple of days after the Easter Sunday blasts across Sri Lanka, another blast was heard in the town of Pugoda, near Colombo. Police are investigating the fresh blast
 

On April 11, a confidential memo from the Police Commissioner of Colombo was circulated which not only named the group believed to be planning the attack, but also listed the individual members, along with their addresses and phone numbers.

Defence minister of Sri Lanka, Ruwan Wijewardene addressed the media about the progress made in identifying the extremists that wreaked havoc in the island country. The death toll has touched 359 of which 39 are foreigners.

 

The Easter Sunday blasts across Sri Lanka have taken the lives of at least 359 people and injured over 500 others. The Special Task Force carried out a controlled explosion near Savoy Cinema in Colombo after a vehicle that was found abandoned came under their suspicion.

Purushotham and Nagaraj Reddy were on a tour of Sri Lanka. Purushotham suffered major injuries in the April 21 blasts, while Nagaraj Reddy died on the spot.

The mortal remains of four JD(S) leaders reached Bengaluru. Home minister MB Patil and MLA SR Vishwanath were present to receive the bodies.

 

Easter Sunday saw as many as eight blasts across Sri Lanka that took the lives of at least 321 people and injured 500 odd people. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks. The Sri Lankan government also exploring the angle that the attack could be in retaliation for the attack on Muslims offering Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand's Christchurch.
 

A series of bomb blasts on Easter Sunday rocked Sri Lanka by killing 310 people leaving more than 500 people injured, reveals a report from the police spokesperson. The country has been placed under a state of emergency as the officials aim to maintain security with required assistance during investigations into the bombings.

The nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites were Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. 

Following the serial blasts in Colombo that killed at least 290, the Sri Lankan police on Monday found 87 bomb detonators in Colombo's main bus stand. One bomb exploded near Anthoniyar, while operations were underway to defuse it. Security around the border, towards the Indian side has been tightened
 

The names of seven JD(S) workers who travelled to Colombo are Puttaraju and Maregowda (missing), and M Rangappa, KG Hanumantharayappa, Ramesh, Laxmi Narayan and Shivakumar, who are confirmed dead.