Sri Lanka: 140 people wanted for alleged links with ISIS

Sri Lankan police are looking for 140 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group (ISIS) that claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday bombings that left at least 253 dead, said Friday President Maithripala Sirisena.

The president also told reporters that Sri Lankan youth have been involved with ISIS since 2013 and that senior police and Ministry of Defense officials have not provided him with information about the imminent nature of the attack. attacks.

He also criticizes the government of his prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, for weakening the intelligence system by focusing efforts on prosecuting army officers for alleged war crimes during the civil war that caused rage a decade ago.

Instructions were given to Muslims residing in the country to remain at home on this Friday and do not go to the mosque to pray, intelligence agencies fearing possible attacks on the car bomb in retaliation......