Initial intelligence indicates that the group responsible for Sunday's attacks in Sri Lanka was inspired by ISIS, a US official tells CNN. Follow live updates:
The initial intelligence indications are that the group responsible for the attacks in Sri Lanka was inspired by ISIS, a US official has told CNN.The official said at least four US citizens have been killed.
Three high-end hotels were targeted on Sunday in Sri Lanka: Cinnamon Grand, Shangri-La Hotel, pictured in a file photo, and The Kingsbury. The three armed forces along with the police have put in place a comprehensive security plan covering hotels, resorts and places of tourist interestRural location made church unlikely target, bishop saysA bishop at the St. Sebastian church -- one of the sites targeted in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday -- told CNN he would have never dreamt that his community's house of worship might be targeted in an attack.
Security personnel stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on Monday, a day after the church was hit in series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. There were also fears of more devices following the attack. A ninth improvised explosive device was defused near the capital’s Bandaranaike International Airport on Sunday evening. And on Monday, police found 87 detonators in a private terminal of the main bus station in the capital Colombo.From CNN's Ivan Watson in Colombo
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